Red-kneed dotterel

Red-kneed dotterel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Genus: Erythrogonys
Gould, 1838
Species:
E. cinctus
Binomial name
Erythrogonys cinctus
Gould, 1838
Immature bird in post-juvenile moult

The red-kneed dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus) is a species of plover in a monotypic genus in the subfamily Vanellinae. It is often gregarious and will associate with other waders of its own and different species, even when nesting. It is nomadic and sometimes irruptive.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Erythrogonys cinctus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693903A93429916. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693903A93429916.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.