Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Crab plover (Dromas ardeola) with food for chick, Oman, June.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Crab plover (Dromas ardeola) flock in flight, Oman, January

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Crab plover (Dromas ardeola) flock in flight over beach, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Crab plover {Dromas ardeola} adult feeding young, Oman, January

Elio Della Ferrera / Flock of Crab plovers {Dromas ardeola} in flight, Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat, India

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Crab plovers {Dromas ardeola} at water with Godwits in background, Barr Al Hikman, Oman

Michael Pitts / Crab plovers {Dromas ardeola} at nesting burrows, United Arab Emirates

Michael Pitts / Crab plover {Dromas ardeola} at site of nesting burrows, United Arab Emirates

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Crab plovers {Dromas ardeola} flock in flight, Barr Al Hikman, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Crab plovers {Dromas ardeola} flock in flight over water and flamingos, Barr Al Hikman, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Crab plovers {Dromas ardeola} flock in flight over flamingos with reflections in water, Barr Al Hikman, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Group of Crab Plovers {Dromas ardeola} standing in water, Barr Al Hikmann, Oman.