BirdUp · Species
Double-banded Plover
Anarhynchus bicinctus(Jardine & Selby, 1827)
Native
- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Charadriidae
- Genus
- Anarhynchus
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The double-banded plover, known as the banded dotterel or pohowera in New Zealand, is a species of bird in the plover family. Two subspecies are recognised: the nominate Charadrius bicinctus bicinctus, which breeds throughout New Zealand, including the Chatham Islands, and Charadrius bicinctus exilis, which breeds in New Zealand's subantarctic Auckland Islands.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- North, South, Stewart, Chatham (east of South I.) and Auckland is. (south of South I.; New Zealand)
- Non-breeding range
- To coastal south and east Australia, Tasmania, Lord Howe and Norfolk is. (far east of Australia) and New Caledonia
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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