Tibetan Sand Plover Charadrius atrifrons atrifrons, near Yuzhufeng Glacier (35.606367, 94.137303), Qinghai, China, elev. 4820 m (15,820 ft.), mid-July. Completely black forehead distinguishes from Siberian Sand PloverC. mongolus and Greater Sand PloverC. leschenaultii. (Craig Brelsford)Tibetan Sand Plover C. a. atrifrons with chicks. White flanks help distinguish from breeding Siberian Sand Plover, which usually shows orange and greyish-brown markings on lower flanks. Near Yuzhufeng Glacier (35.606367, 94.137303), Qinghai, elev. 4820 m (15,820 ft.), mid-July. (Craig Brelsford)Tibetan Sand Plover C. a. atrifrons. Note clean white flanks and lack of black bar separating orange breast and white neck. Gouhua (35.363268, 98.655776), Qinghai, elev. 3990 m (13,090 ft.), mid-July. (Craig Brelsford)
