Bird Black fronted Dotteral (Elseyornis melanops)

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Common Name: Black Fronted Dotteral

Scientific Name: Elseyornis melanops

Family: Charadriidae

Order: Charadriiformes

Distribution: widespread throughout most of Australia.

Habitat: freshwater wetlands, around the edges of lakes and billabongs

Field Notes: distinctive black face-mask and breast-band and prominent chestnut scapulars . Legs are pink orange, and the bill is red with a black tip. The dark eye is ringed with red.

Photos by Auscraft, 2011. My Yard, QLD
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[J.K.M]

Elseyornis melanops (Black-fronted Dotterel)

Scientific name: Elseyornis melanops

Common Name: Black-fronted Dotterel

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Charadriidae

Other Names: Black-fronted Plover

Distribution: Widespread throughout Australia.

Habitat: Wetlands, lakes, rivers and marshes; normally found near freshwater.

Field Notes: Small wader, black face-mask and chest, chestnut shoulder feathers, pink/orange legs, red bill with black tip dark eye with a red eye ring.

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[J.K.M]

whoops, thanks for merging these.

 

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