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It is a familiar plover with bronze-brown above and white below. It has a black breast, head and neck, and a crimson fleshy wattle in front of each eye. It also has a broad white band from behind eyes running down along the sides of neck to meet the white underparts. Both the sexes are alike. It can be seen in open country, ploughed fields, grazing lands, and margins and dry beds of tanks and puddles. It can also be seen in forest glades around rain filled depression. It runs about in short spurts and dips forward obliquely to pick up food in the typical plover manner. It feed on insects, grubs, molluscs etc. its nesting season is chiefly March to August. Its eggs are stony coloured or greyish brown with blackish blotches and have a peg-topped shape.
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