This small plover searches along water for prey. It breeds in the UK in summer and has a yellow ring around the eye.
It has a black-and-white head pattern, a yellow eye-ring, a black bill, and pale legs.
It walks along water and wetland edges, feeding on insects and small aquatic invertebrates.
In Britain the typical clutch is four eggs. Both parents share incubation, which lasts 24–25 days.
In Britain chicks hatch covered in down and can leave the nest on foot. They fledge at 25–27 days.
In flight the wing is plain brown, without the white stripe of the Common Ringed Plover.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.