Inland dotterel

Inland dotterel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Genus: Peltohyas
Sharpe, 1896
Species:
P. australis
Binomial name
Peltohyas australis
(Gould, 1841)
Distribution of inland dotterel
Synonyms[2]

Charadrius australis

The inland dotterel (Peltohyas australis) is an endemic bird of the arid Australian interior. It forms loose flocks in sparsely vegetated gibber plain and claypans in the day where it loafs in the shade and eats shoots of shrubs. It is most often encountered at night when it forages on roads for insects.[3][4][5] The relative remoteness of its habitat means that it is not well studied. The most detailed observations of the species were made by the South African arid-zone ornithology specialist Gordon Maclean in the 1970s.[3][4] Alternate English names include Australian plover, inland plover, desert plover and prairie plover.[6]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Peltohyas australis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693936A93430920. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693936A93430920.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference avibase was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Maclean, G.L. (1973). "A review of the biology of the Australian desert waders, Stiltia and Peltohyas". Emu. 73 (2): 61–70. doi:10.1071/MU973061.
  4. ^ a b Maclean, G.L. (1976). "A field study of the Australian Dotterel". Emu. 76 (4): 207–215. doi:10.1071/MU9760207.
  5. ^ McNamara, J.A. (1980). "Nocturnal feeding of the Inland Dotterel Peltohyas australis". Emu. 80: 39–40. doi:10.1071/MU9800039c.
  6. ^ Marchant, S.; Higgins, P.J. (1993). Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 2: Raptors to Lapwings. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. pp. 884–891. ISBN 0-19-553069-1.