Red-Wattled Lapwing

Watch for it on open ground near water, marshes, paddy fields, and even urban parks and roadsides across South and Southeast Asia, where its bold black-and-white face pattern and red facial wattle make it unmistakable. It is usually seen in pairs or small groups walking and pausing to feed, and it is one of the easier plovers to detect thanks to a loud, repeated 'did-he-do-it' alarm call given year-round. Nesting scrapes are on bare ground and most active, and noisiest, in the dry season leading into the breeding months.