It is a small plover recorded in Indonesia and Timor-Leste, with an incomplete white hindneck collar and pale, long legs.
Its white hindneck collar is incomplete, its legs are pale and fairly long, and the bill is blunt with a thick base.
It feeds and breeds near sandy beaches, saline lagoons, and dry aquaculture ponds, also using dry coastal ground above the shoreline.
In May 2015 at Wonorejo fishponds in Surabaya, 20 pairs nested: 12 nests were on dry or slightly muddy pond beds and eight on bare embankments. Both parents prepared shallow nest cups lined with mud-snail shells.
In the May 2015 Wonorejo study, eggs were pale beige with irregular black markings and grayish tones. Both parents shared incubation, which lasted 21–23 days.
In the May 2015 Wonorejo study, hatchlings walked from the nest and foraged for themselves. When danger approached, chicks stayed still and quiet while adults called and distracted the intruder.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.