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Red-kneed Dotterel
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Red-kneed Dotterel
Erythrogonys cinctus
The red-kneed dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus) is a species of plover in a monotypic genus in the family Charadriidae. It is often gregarious and will associate with other waders of its own and different species, even when nesting. It is nomadic and sometimes irruptive. It closest relatives among other plovers are the genera Peltohyas and Anarhynchus.
From the article Red-kneed dotterel on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Adults distinctively marked, with a black cap or hood from bill, extending below eyes, merging at nape to grey-brown of back. White chin and throat. Broad black band on breast joining nape and also extending to flanks as chestnut stripe. Belly and vent white. Back and mantle grey-brown, mainly black upperwing with white trailing edge. Upper leg, including tarsal joint or "knee", red. Bill red with dark tip.
Range & habitat
The red-kneed dotterel is native to mainland Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia, and has occurred as a vagrant in Tasmania, Palau and New Zealand.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 4880.