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Masked Plover photographed on suburban footpath, Brisbane. It is quite common in the suburbs, often heard calling at night.
Image by ozwildlife - Some rights reserved.
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Masked Plover in flight showing the spurs on wings.
Image by Julian Robinson - Some rights reserved.
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MASKED PLOVER FACTS
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Description
The Masked Plover is white below, with brown wings and back and a black crown. It has yellow wattle son face, and have a thorny spur from the joint of each wing
Other Names
Masked Lapwing
Size
36cm
Habitat
marshes, mudflats, beaches, grasslands, urban areas
Food
insects, larvae, earthworms
Breeding
Nest is a scrape in the ground in open area. Lays 3-5 eggs. The young birds are covered in down and can leave the nest a few hours after hatching.
Range
common throughout northern, central and eastern Australia
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Charadriiformes | | Family: | Charadriidae | | Genus: | Vanellus | | Species: | miles | | Common Name: | Masked Plover |
Relatives in same Genus
Banded Lapwing (V. tricolor)
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