What kind of bird is this?

It's a swallowed plover, and the swallowed plover family (Glareolidae) is a family in the order Ploveridae in the traditional classification system of birds. The family Glareolidae includes the Swallowed Plover and the Walking Plover. Swallow plover body shape like a swallow, flight is also like a swallow, like to eat locusts, distributed in the Old World temperature, tropical areas, there are 5 genera and 16 species, China has a genus of two species. Smaller body size. The mouth is short and flattened, with a slightly curved peak and a very large cleft, the breadth of which exceeds its length. The nostrils are more or less membranous, located in the groove at the base of the mouth. Wings narrowly shaped, reaching to the caudal end when folded, or exceeding it; the first primary flight feathers are the longest. Tail forked, or several times flat. Tarsometatarsus short, with peltate scales anteriorly and posteriorly, middle claw with pectinate margins, hind toe very well developed and positioned higher than fore toe, small webbing between outer toe and middle finger.

Swallowing plover

Swallowing plover habits

The common swallowing plover inhabits lakes, rivers, ponds, farmland, cultivated fields, and marshes in the open plains. It also occurs in moist sandy and grassy areas not far from water, where it moves about and forages. It is often active alone or in pairs when breeding and in flocks when not breeding. Fly

Fly fast, often long time to fly over rivers, lakes, swamps and other waters, flight often chirp, call sharp, like shoo shoo shoo shoo shoo shoo shoo shoo shoo shoo shoo shoo shoo shoo shoo shoo shoo shoo shoo shoo shoo shoo shoo shoo. After landing, they often run a short distance. On the ground, they often move on sandy beaches, gravel piles on the banks of rivers and lakes, and mud, walking slowly to forage for food, and sometimes running and pecking. When resting, they often stand on mounds or sandy beaches. As the body color is very similar to the surroundings, they are usually not easy to be found.

The common swallow plover mainly eats insects such as golden striders, grasshoppers, locusts and praying mantis. It also eats crabs, crustaceans and other small invertebrates. Mainly on the ground. Sometimes they hunt in flight.

The Swallow Flycatcher

Breeding Mode of the Swallow Flycatcher

The Common Swallow Flycatcher breeds from May to July. In the early stage of breeding, they often fly in groups in the air. It nests on the banks of rivers and lakes or on nearby sandy land, and also on small islands in the center of rivers, beside streams, and along rice paddies. Often nests in groups. Nests are very simple, often in the sandy soil slightly raking a shallow pit to lay eggs. Some pits are only padded with a little dry grass, but most of the eggs are laid directly in the sandy nest. Each nest lays 2-4 eggs. The color of the eggs is yellowish grey, earthy grey or creamy white, and they are covered with dark brown, grey or brownish black spots, especially the blunt end is denser. The size of the eggs is 28-34 x 21 a 26 mm.

Swallowing Plover