Greater Sand Plovers breed in inland parts of Eurasia and move to southern coasts for the non-breeding season.
It has a gray-brown back, white underparts, and a long, stout bill with a swollen-looking tip.
On coastal mudflats and similar shores, it watches for prey, then runs forward to peck. Crabs and other invertebrates are among its foods.
It nests in a shallow ground scrape and usually lays three eggs.
It gives a soft trilling call.
In nonbreeding plumage it has dark patches at the sides of the breast, a brown face with a pale brow stripe and long greenish-brown legs. The underwing is mainly white, with a prominent white bar on the upperwing.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.