Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula

f6.7 @ 1/800s, ISO:1250, Nikon D3S w 500mm and 1.7X tele-extender

\"Common Ringed Plover,\" Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Common Ringed Plover or Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) is a small plover. Adults are 17-19.5 cm in length with a 35–41 cm wingspan. They have a grey-brown back and wings, a white belly, and a white breast with one black neckband. They have a brown cap, a white forehead, a black mask around the eyes and a short orange and black bill. The legs are orange and only the outer two toes are slightly webbed, unlike the slightly smaller but otherwise very similar Semipalmated Plover, which has all three toes slightly webbed, and also a marginally narrower breast band; it was in former times included in the present species.

Flatey Island, Iceland

06/04/2013