Wetlands. Male yellow with dark wings; yellow-speckled mantle; black mask from eyebrows to throat, or entirely black head; bill black; eyes red. Female lacks speckled mantle and mask; throat and breast yellow; belly whitish; eyes red; bill pinkish.
Inland water shorelines. Small plover told by white underparts with two black breast-bands; above dark brown; bill and eye-rings red.
Reedbeds and adjacent bush. Male blackish-brown all over, with a white wing-spot and white forehead when breeding; bill black; female dark brown above, whitish below, heavily streaked dark brown; bill horn-coloured.
Wetlands. In breeding plumage upperparts pale red-brown; non-breeding plumage pale tawny-brown; below and in flight white.
Wetlands. All-yellow; wings darker; head with orange wash; bill and eye-stripe black; male with black bib; eyes pale.
Wetlands. Female has dark upperparts only; male entirely dark brown with bronzy sheen.
Wetlands. Red above, on upper breast and vent; front and below black; wings brown.
Wetlands and gardens. Breeding male yellow with black mask from forehead to throat; black bill; red eyes. Female greener above, whitish below with yellow wash on breast.
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