Places and times seen in Munakata city

In Munakata they become winterbirds. It can be seen on the sandy beach from Kanezaki to Kaminomi, but there are not many numbers. It is relatively common on the sandy beaches of the west side of the river mouth of the river. I do not know well about breeding, but there is a possibility.

Characteristic

Overall length 17 cm
The forehead and eyebrows are white, and the frontal and overfrontal lines are black. From the top of the head to the back neck is orange brown, the upper side is gray brown. The lateral chest from the occipital head is also black. Throat and back neck, lower body surface is white. The beak is black. The feet have a distinctive white wing belt with a blackish flesh color.
In the female summer winter and the fountain, the top of the head becomes grayish brown. In summer wings, sometimes, the side chest connects in front, regardless of sex, and there are individuals with chest bands.

Habit

It inhabits coastal sand beaches, tidal flats, rivers, landfill sites and others. While overwintering, I live in a flock, I am busy moving around and eating chilies and crustaceans. Make indentations in sandy beaches and sandy beaches throughout the country and use shells and wood chips to nest.

distribution

Still birds, or birds and winter birds. It is a summer bird in the north of the Chubu region and wintering in the south of the Kanto region.
Worldwide, it breeds as summer birds in the northern part of the Eurasian Continent and coasts on the African continent Mediterranean coast, the Persian Gulf coast, the East China Sea coast, the coast of the Korean Peninsula, coastal areas of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu south of the Chubu region It breeds as an abandoned bird and becomes a winter bird in the central part of Africa (Congo River Basin, Red Sea Coastal Area, Ganges River Basin, Indochina Peninsula, Sumatra, Java Island, Celebes Island Coastal Area.