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| Red-kneed dotterel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Genus: | Erythrogonys Gould, 1838 |
| Species: | E. cinctus
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| Erythrogonys cinctus Gould, 1838
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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.
- ^ 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.