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Red-capped Plover

Anarhynchus ruficapillus(Temminck, 1821)

Native
Order
CHARADRIIFORMES

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The red-capped plover, also known as the red-capped dotterel, is a small species of plover.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
Timor (east Lesser Sundas), inland and coastal Australia and Tasmania
Non-breeding range
To east Java

05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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