RarityFairly Common
Height20 cm
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"Males perform a unique “wing-clicking” display flight during the breeding season, producing audible clicks with each wingbeat."
Field Guide
Double-banded Plover
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The Double-banded Plover is a small migratory shorebird that visits Australia each autumn after breeding in New Zealand. Unlike most migratory waders, it travels west across the Tasman Sea, arriving on Australia's southern and eastern coasts and Tasmania from March through August.
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