Medium-sized, stocky shorebird with short, straight bill and short, olive-coloured legs.

Very similar to Greater Sand Plover and Tibetan Sand Plover but has shorter, more blunt-tipped bill and slightly shorter legs and usually shows dusky flank markings.

Elegant sandpiper with long yellowish legs and medium length, straight bill. Upperparts dark brown, spangled with white spots. In flight, above, wings and back dark; square white rump and barred tail. Below, underwing coverts are finely barred. Feet project beyond tail in flight.

Larger and longer-legged than ‘white-collared’ plovers.

Featureless grey, long-bodied stint with yellow legs.

Small, short-legged, stint-like sandpiper with longish, thick bill which droops at the tip. Bold head pattern in all plumages.

Small plover with white collar, plain pale brown upperparts. Shorter legs than sand-plovers. Breastband usually incomplete.

Small plover with white collar, yellow eye-ring, dark brown upperparts, dark mask, complete breast band, pink or yellow legs, elongated body.