BirdUp · Species
Inland Dotterel
Peltohyas australis(Gould, 1841)
- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Charadriidae
- Genus
- Peltohyas
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The inland dotterel is an endemic bird of the arid Australian interior. It forms loose flocks in sparsely vegetated gibber plain and claypans in the day where it loafs in the shade and eats shoots of shrubs. It is most often encountered at night when it forages on roads for insects. The relative remoteness of its habitat means that it is not well studied. The most detailed observations of the species were made by the South African arid-zone ornithology specialist Gordon Maclean in the 1970s. Alternate English names include Australian plover, inland plover, desert plover and prairie plover.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Inland Australia (except north, east, Tasmania)
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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