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RED-KNEED DOTTEREL FACTS |
Description
The Red-kneed Dotterel is a small wader. It has black head, white flower face, chin and throat, black band round the neck that is broad on the chest. There is a chestnut patch on the side joining the breast band. The back grey Juveniles are duller with grey replacing the black and chestnut markings of the adult.
Size
18 cm
Habitat
freshwater wetlands, lagoons, swamps
Food
aquatic insects, insect larvae, seeds
Breeding
The nest is a hollow scraped in the ground near water, usually sheltered by a bush or long grass.
Range
found throughout mainland 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: | Erythrogonys | | Species: | cinctus | | Common Name: | Red-kneed Dotterel |
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