Caspian Plover

Fairly common summer visitor. A large, long-legged, thin-billed plover with a conspicuous white eyebrow. Breeding male often seen Feb–Mar. Female in breeding plumage may have incomplete rufous breast-band, the dark lower edge always absent. Immature resembles non-breeding adult, but the breast-band may be confined to a patch on either side. The call is a shrill ‘ku-wit’, loudest at night, softer and more piping by day. Flocks on plains with short grass and burned areas, often in the semi-arid region of north-central Botswana and northern Namibia. Habitually runs rather than flies.