English: Little Ringed Plover
Russian: Малый зуёк
Mongolian: Нарийн хиазат
German: Flussregenpfeifer
French: Petit gravelot  
Japanese: コチドリ (Kochidori)

Body length: 14-17 cm
Wing span: 42-48 cm

Breeding visitor
Breeding season: May-August

Egg number: 3-4 (occasionally 5)
Egg colour: Brownish-buff-with brown, purplish or black spots.
Brood: 1 per year

Global Status: Least concern
Regional Status: Least concern

Food: Invertebrates such as snails, worms and insect larvae on mudflats.

Habitat: Nests on open shores of lakes and banks of rivers with gravel, sandy soils and dried mud. They nest on the ground, on bare ground or among grasses. The nest is a hollow scrape with lining consisting of plant material or small stones. On migration, it occurs on open shores and on the banks of rivers and lakes and other types of wetlands.