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*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=39&bid=507 View more images of this species on the ABID] | *[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=39&bid=507 View more images of this species on the ABID] | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Peltohyas]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Peltohyas]] | ||
Revision as of 10:35, 27 July 2016
Alternative name: Australian Dotterel
- Peltohyas australis
Identification
Upperparts generally buff mottled with dark brown. Face pale but marked by vertical black band crossing eye and fore-crown. Underparts generally buff and white, marked with distinctive black Y on breast, forming collar on hind-neck, and joined to black band on belly separating white lower belly from rich buff lower breast and flanks. Measurements: length 19-23 cm; wingspan 43-47 cm; weight 80 g.
Distribution
Arid interior of southern Australia.
Taxonomy
A monotypic species.
Habitat
Open, arid country.
Behaviour
Diet includes seeds and invertebrates.
It nest on bare ground in shallow depression; clutch of 3 brown eggs, marked with irregular black spots; incubation period c.28 days; young precocial and nidifugous.
