Ann & Steve Toon / Three-banded plover (Charadrius tricollaris), Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Three-banded plover (Charadrius tricollaris), Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Hermann Brehm / Three-banded plover (Charadrius tricollaris) in water, with Lion (Panthera leo) sleeping nearby, Ndutu, Tanzania.

Melvin Grey / Three-banded plover (Charadrius tricollaris) adult feeding along muddy margins. Lake Naivasha, Kenya

Tony Phelps / Three-banded sandplover (Charadrius tricollaris) De Hoop Vlei, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa.

Tony Phelps / Three-banded sandplover (Charadrius tricollaris) De Hoop Vlei, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa.

Mike Wilkes / Three-banded Sandplover (Charadrius tricollaris) standing on ground, Serengeti, Tanzania.

Mike Wilkes / Three-banded Sandplover (Charadrius tricollaris) brooding chick on ground, Serengeti, Tanzania.

Mike Wilkes / Three-banded Sandplover (Charadrius tricollaris) standing on ground, Serengeti, Tanzania.

Mike Wilkes / Three-banded Sandplover (Charadrius tricollaris) feeding in water, Serengeti, Tanzania.

Jiri Slama / Three-banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris), Namibia

Walter Soestbergen / Three-banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris), South Africa

Walter Soestbergen / Three-banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris), South Africa

Pete Oxford / Three-banded Plover / Three-banded Sandplover(Charadrius tricollaris) in shallow water. Kruger National Park, South Africa, December.

Pete Oxford / Three-banded Plover / Three-banded Sandplover(Charadrius tricollaris) in shallow water. Kruger National Park, South Africa, December.

Tony Heald / Three-Banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris) by water. Etosha National Park, Namibia, January.

Vincent Grafhorst / Three-banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris) with reflection, Gaborone Game Reserve, Botswana

Vincent Grafhorst / Three-banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris), Gaborone Game Reserve, Botswana

Anup Shah / Portrait of Three-banded plover (Charadrius tricollaris) wading in a shallow pool. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) banded mother and chicks, Salinas River State Beach, Monterey Bay, California

Gabriel Rojo / Three banded sand plover {Charadrius tricollaris} Santa Lucia estuary, Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Gabriel Rojo / Three banded sand plover {Charadrius tricollaris} Santa Lucia estuary, Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Gabriel Rojo / Three banded sand plover {Charadrius tricollaris} Santa Lucia estuary, Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Gabriel Rojo / Three banded sand plover {Charadrius tricollaris} Santa Lucia estuary, Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Hermann Brehm / Three banded sand plover {Charadrius tricollaris} Botswana

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Three banded sand plover {Charadrius tricollaris} standing in shallow water, Kruger NP, South Africa.

Tony Heald / Three banded plover {Charadrius tricollaris} profile on stone at waters edge, Laikipia, Kenya.

Tony Heald / Three banded sand plover {Charadrius tricollaris} wading in water, Moremi wildlife reserve, Botswana, Africa.

Hermann Brehm / Three banded plover {Charadrius tricollaris} Botswana

Mike Read / Three banded sand plover {Charadrius tricollaris} Samburu NP Kenya