环颈鸻

Traditional form:

環頸鴴

Pinyin (reading):

huánjǐnghéng

Definitions:

• (bird species of China) Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)

Characters:

• 环 - bracelet, ring; to surround, to loop
• 颈 - neck, throat
• 鸻 - plover, wading bird

Traditional characters:

• 環 - bracelet, ring; to surround, to loop
• 頸 - neck, throat
• 鴴 - plover, wading bird