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Breeding Plumage
Photo by Peter Ericsson
Abel Tasman, New Zealand, October 2006
Charadrius bicinctus

Identification

Non-breeding Plumage
Photo by Neil Fifer
Sydney, Australia, February 2008

18–21 cm (7-8¼ in)
Male

  • Grey brown upperparts
  • White underparts
  • Black upper band and wide chestnut lower band across chest
  • Black eye mask
  • White eyebrow
  • Slim, short, black bill
  • Green yellow legs

Female

  • Duller
  • Narrower front bar

Distribution

Australia, New Zealand and out-lying islands.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies1:

  • C. b. bicinctus:
  • C. b. exilis:
  • Auckland Islands

Habitat

Photo by Peter Ericsson
Abel Tasman, New Zealand, October 2006

Beaches, mudflats, river banks, fields, dunes, tussock grasses and shingle.

The breeding grounds are usually on inland open, firm, gravel or sand banks.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes mainly molluscs, crustaceans, insects, larvae of such items as flies and beetles; some seeds and fruit are taken.

Breeding

They nest in a scrape lined with stones. Both adults incubate the eggs.

Gallery

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References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Birds in Backyards
  3. Wiersma, P., Kirwan, G.M. & Boesman, P. (2017). Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/53844 on 22 February 2017).
  4. Falla, R.A. 1978. Banded Dotterel at the Auckland Islands: Description of a new subspecies. Notornis 25(2): 101-8. http://notornis.osnz.org.nz/system/files/Notornis_25_2.pdf
  5. Marchant, S.; Higgins, P.J. (eds) 1993. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds. Vol. 2, raptors to lapwings. Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
  6. Pierce, R.J. 2013. Banded dotterel. In Miskelly, C.M. (ed.) New Zealand Birds Online. http://www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz

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