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Red kneed dotterel

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Kingdom
  
Subfamily
  
Vanellinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Family
  
Scientific name
  
Erythrogonys cinctus

Higher classification
  
Erythrogonys

Order
  
Shorebirds

Red-kneed dotterel kneed Dotterel

Genus
  
ErythrogonysGould, 1838

Similar
  
Black‑fronted dotterel, Red‑capped plover, Banded lapwing, Red‑necked avocet, Hoary‑headed grebe

red kneed dotterel


The red-kneed dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus) is a species of plover in a monotypic genus in the subfamily Vanellinae. It is often gregarious and will associate with other waders of its own and different species, even when nesting. It is nomadic and sometimes irruptive.

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Red-kneed dotterel kneed Dotterel

Red kneed dotterel erythrogonyx cinctus


Description

Red-kneed dotterel Redkneed Dotterel photo image 1 of 8 by Ian Montgomery at birdway

Adults distinctively marked: black cap or hood from bill, extending below eyes, merging at nape to grey-brown of back. White chin and throat. Broad black band on breast joining nape and also extending to flanks as chestnut stripe. Belly and vent white. Back and mantle grey-brown, mainly black upperwing with white trailing edge. Upper leg, including tarsal joint or “knee”, red. Bill red with dark tip.

Distribution

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The red-kneed dotterel is native to mainland Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia, and has occurred as a vagrant in Tasmania, Palau and New Zealand.

Habitat

Mainly margins of shallow ephemeral and permanent freshwater wetlands, occasionally saline wetlands, but rarely tidal wetlands.

Size

Red-kneed dotterel Redkneed dotterel Wikipedia

The red-kneed dotterel is long-legged and medium-sized (length 17–20 centimetres (6.7–7.9 in), wingspan 33–38 centimetres (13–15 in), weight 40–55 grams (1.4–1.9 oz)).

Food

Arthropods, molluscs, annelids and seeds.

Breeding

The red-kneed dotterel generally breeds from October to January, though it may nest in other months if suitable water conditions exist. It nests on the ground on wetland margins, sometimes using nests of other birds such as hoary-headed grebes. Lays clutch of four cream eggs profusely covered with lines, speckles or blotches. Young precocial and nidifugous.

Conservation

With a large range and no evidence of significant population decline, this species’ conservation status is of Least Concern.

References

Red-kneed dotterel Wikipedia


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