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[[Image:Red-capped_Plover.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Male<br />photo by {{user|Neil|Neil Fifer}}<br />Sydney, [[Australia]]<!--EDiTORS: This image does not appear in the Gallery-->]]
 
;[[:Category:Charadrius|Charadrius]] ruficapillus
 
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[[Image:Red-capped_Plover.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Male<br />photo by {{user|Neil|Neil Fifer}}<br />Sydney, [[Australia]]]]
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Small bird with white body, brown wings and reddish-brown cap, dark eye stripe. The female is similar, but the cap is much diminished to just a brow and reddish-brown tints around the face. <br>
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14–16 cm (5½-6¼ in); a small plover
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Voice: Sharp ''tink'' and faint trills.
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*White body
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*Brown wings
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*Reddish-brown cap
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*Dark eye stripe, [[Topography#Heads|lores]] and frontal bar
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*White [[Topography#Heads|supercilium]]
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The female is similar, but the cap is much diminished to just a brow and reddish-brown tints around the face.
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Image:Thumb IMG 4319 1024.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|aussiebirdo11|aussiebirdo11}}<br />Kalgoorlie, [[Western Australia]], August 2016]]
 
Throughout [[Australia]] (except arid areas) and [[Tasmania]].
 
Throughout [[Australia]] (except arid areas) and [[Tasmania]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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A monotypic species.
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Found on beaches, on the edge of river and lakes inland.
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Mostly coastal; found on sandy/shell beaches with nearby mudflts. River edges and lakes inland.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Breeding====
 
Breeds Sep. - Jan. Nest depression in soil or sand lined with shell, stones or vegetation. Eggs 2-3 pale green spotted.  
 
Breeds Sep. - Jan. Nest depression in soil or sand lined with shell, stones or vegetation. Eggs 2-3 pale green spotted.  
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====Diet====
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Diet includes insects and small crustaceans.
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[[Image:1568rc plover flightDSC 00731 Resized.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Flight<br />Photo by {{user|Neil|Neil}}<br />Sydney, [[Australia]], September 2004]]
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Diet consists of insects larvae, small crustaceans also some seeds.
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====Vocalisation====
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'''Voice'': a sharp ''tink'' and faint trills.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2016)
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Charadrius+ruficapillus}}
 
{{GSearch|Charadrius+ruficapillus}}
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*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=1024&Bird_Image_ID=1943&Bird_Family_ID=109 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
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*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=39&bid=501 View more images of this species on the ABID]
 
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Charadrius]]
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Charadrius]]

Revision as of 23:56, 12 August 2016

Male
photo by Neil Fifer
Sydney, Australia
Charadrius ruficapillus


Identification

14–16 cm (5½-6¼ in); a small plover

  • White body
  • Brown wings
  • Reddish-brown cap
  • Dark eye stripe, lores and frontal bar
  • White supercilium

The female is similar, but the cap is much diminished to just a brow and reddish-brown tints around the face.

Distribution

Female
Photo by aussiebirdo11
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, August 2016

Throughout Australia (except arid areas) and Tasmania.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Mostly coastal; found on sandy/shell beaches with nearby mudflts. River edges and lakes inland.

Behaviour

Breeding

Breeds Sep. - Jan. Nest depression in soil or sand lined with shell, stones or vegetation. Eggs 2-3 pale green spotted.

Diet

Flight
Photo by Neil
Sydney, Australia, September 2004

Diet consists of insects larvae, small crustaceans also some seeds.

Vocalisation

'Voice: a sharp tink and faint trills.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2016)

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