31 CMS.,ALSO KNOWN AS PEEWIT OR PEWIT ,GREEN PLOVER.IT HAS ROUNDED WINGS AND A CREST.IT IS THE SHORTEST- LEGGED OF THE LAPWINGS.IT IS MAINLY BLACK AND WHITE,BUT THE BACK IS TINTED GREEN.THE MALE HAS A LONG CREST AND A BLACK CROWN,THROAT AND BREAST CONTRASTING WITH AN OTHERWISE WHITE FACE.FEMALES AND YOUNG BIRDS HAVE SHORTER CRESTS, AND LESS STRONGLY MARKED HEADS,BUT THE PLUMAGES ARE OTHERWISE QUITE SIMILAR.IT FEEDS PRIMARILY ON INSECTS AND OTHER SMALL INVERTEBRATES PREFER TO FEED AT NIGHT WHEN THERE IS MOONLIGHT.FOUND NEAR JHEELS,MARSHES,GRASSY AREAS NEAR WATER,FIELDS,RIVER BANKS.