BirdUp · Species
Hooded Plover
Charadrius cucullatusVieillot, 1818
Endemic
- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Charadriidae
- Genus
- Charadrius
- Commonness
- Endemic
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The hooded plover or hooded dotterel is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae. It is endemic to southern Australia, where it inhabits ocean beaches and subcoastal lagoons.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Coastal and inland south-west WA and coastal south-central SA to south-east NSW (south-central and south-east Australia) and Tasmania
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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