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BIRD FACTS |
Description
The Double-banded Plover is a small shorebird. The non breeding plumage is brown above and white below, with pale neck band and pale band above the eye. The breeding plumage has narrow dark band on upper chest and broader reddish brown band on lower chest. The wings have a narrow bar down the centre which is visible on upper surface in flight. Juveniles are similar to non breeding adults but a bit browner and have darker bill.
Size
20 cm
Habitat
found in a variety of habitats including beaches, mudflats, fields, dunes, grassland
Food
insects, mollusks, crustaceans, seeds
Breeding
nest is a scrape in the ground in gravelly or sandy ground
Range
found in eastern Queensland, eastern New South Wales, Victoria, southern South Australia and Tasmania
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Charadriiformes | | Family: | Charadriidae | | Genus: | Charadrius | | Species: | bicinctus | | Common Name: | Double-banded Plover |
Relatives in same Genus
Kentish Plover (C. alexandrinus)
Inland Dotterel (C. australis)
Little Ringed Plover (C. dubius)
Ringed Plover (C. hiaticula)
Greater Sand Plover (C. leschenaultii)
Lesser Sand Plover (C. mongolus)
Red-capped Plover (C. ruficapillus)
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