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BIRD FACTS |
Description
The Black-fronted Dotterel is a small wader. It has bold black band across the head through the eye and a black band round the chest. The top of the head is white with brown cap. The chin, throat and underside is white. The wings and back is brown with chestnut band at base of wings. Juvenile birds are duller without the black chest band.
Other Names
Black-fronted Plover
Size
17 cm
Habitat
wetlands, lakes, rivers, marshes
Food
mollusks, insects
Breeding
The nest is a shallow scrape in the ground close to water.
Range
found throughout Australia
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Charadriiformes | | Family: | Charadriidae | | Genus: | Elseyornis | | Species: | melanops | | Common Name: | Black-fronted Dotterel |
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