Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Plovers and Lapwings :: Double-banded Plover

Double-banded Plover Charadrius bicinctus

Described by: Jardine; Selby (1827)
Alternate common name(s): Double-banded Dotterel, Banded Plover, Banded Dotterel
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Miranda, North Island, New Zealand - Sep 12, 2004 © Kanae Hirabayashi  Miranda, North Island, New Zealand - Sep 12, 2004 © Kanae Hirabayashi  Botany Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Mar, 2003 © Neil Fifer  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Mar, 2005 © Neil Fifer 
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Range

New Zealand, se. Australia and is. of the sw. Pacific Ocean;
Three or four breeding populations;
(1) New Zealand (North Islands and South Island) and Chatham Is.
Winters in New Zealand, e. Australia (c. Queensland from Cairns s. in New South Wales (Botany Bay and Lake Bathurst), Victoria (Port Phillip Bay), se. South Australia), Tasmania (Isthmus on Bruny Island), Norfolk Is., Lord Howe Is., New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji.
(2) Auckland Is.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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