Hooded plover

Hooded plover
At Prosser River Spit, Orford, Tasmania, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Genus: Charadrius
Species:
C. cucullatus
Binomial name
Charadrius cucullatus
Vieillot, 1818
Range
Synonyms[2]

Charadrius rubricollis Gmelin, 1789
Thinornis rubricollis

The hooded plover or hooded dotterel (Charadrius cucullatus) is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae. It is endemic to southern Australia, where it inhabits ocean beaches and subcoastal lagoons.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference IUCN was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Thinornis cucullatus". Avibase.