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.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Crab plover (Dromas ardeola) standing in water, Al Hikman, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Crab plovers wading {Dromas ardeola} Khor Al Beidah, Oman

Michael Pitts / Crab plover nesting colony {Dromas ardeola} United Arab Emirates. Nests are underground

Michael Pitts / Crab plover (Dromas ardeola) nesting colony (nests underground). United Arab Emirates

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

Michael Pitts / Crab plover nesting colony {Dromas ardeola} United Arab Emirates - Nests underground