Like many waders, it has different plumages for winter and summer and a slight difference between sexes. It can be confused with the common ringed plover, from which it differs among other aspects in its complexion, the little ringed plover is, as its name indicates, smaller, has a slimmer appearance, with longer legs with the posterior end of its silhouette more elongated and in flight it lacks the wing stripe which is characteristic of the former. In summer the male has an incomplete (open at the nape) but well defined, black collar on the white of the body, breast, neck and head, the beak is shorter compared to the ringed plover and is dark in colour. It has a black mask that is completed with a black stripe also on the forehead in which a yellow eye ring stands out. On its head, in the form of a crest or cap, the plumage is the same brownish colour as its back. Its legs are pale flesh coloured. The female has the same pattern on the head, but it is more subdued and browner. In winter, the entire head pattern is blurred, and what was black in summer becomes brownish. The legs also change at this time, becoming a greyish, pinkish-brown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1170,"template":"","families":[18],"places":[16,19,17,2,11],"affinity_group":[14],"class_list":["post-943","birds","type-birds","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","families-charadriidae","places-cerrillos","places-coast-line","places-ribera-de-la-algaida","places-salinas-nuevas","places-salinas-viejas","affinity_group-waders"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n