River lapwing

It range includes much of northern and northeastern India, and extends through Southeast Asia to Vietnam.

The masked lapwing of Australasia was at one time also called "spur-winged plover" (and still is in New Zealand), completing the name confusion.

This species resembles the closely related spur-winged lapwing of Africa, and has sometimes been considered conspecific.

It has a black crest, crown, face and central throat and grey-white neck sides and nape.

It feeds on insects, worms, crustaceans and molluscs in nearby wet grassland and farmland.

River lapwing chick found in Jayanti river bed, Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, India