It is a plover with extensive white on the face that breeds in East Asia and winters along Southeast Asian coasts.
It has extensive white on the face, with little or only faint dark marking between the eye and bill.
Outside the breeding season it occurs in coastal wetlands.
At Paisha Island in China, nests with eggs were found during April–June in 2016–2019. The usual clutch is two or three eggs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.