General Description
Upper body brown, underparts white. Cream stripe through eye. When breeding: forehead and eye stripe white, wide black stripe across upper breast, wide red-brown stripe across lower breast. Body up to 19 cm long.
Biology
Double-banded Plovers migrate from New Zealand where they breed, to Victoria in autumn. They arrive in March and depart in August.
Habitat
Grassed edges of open wetlands and intertidal mudflats.
Coastal shores
Distribution guide
New Zealand, and southern and eastern Australia.
Species Group
Max Size
19 cm
Diet
Carnivore
Commercial Species
Yes
Global Dispersal
Recorded in Australia
Conservation Status
- DSE Advisory List : Not listed
- EPBC Act 1999 : Not listed
- IUCN Red List : Least Concern
Author
Wayne Longmore is a Senior Collection manager of terrestrial vertebrates at Museum Victoria.
Author
Rory O'Brien is a Collection Manager of terrestrial vertebrates at Museum Victoria.
Cite this page as:
Longmore, N. W. & O'Brien, R., 2011, Double-banded Plover, Charadrius bicinctus, in Taxonomic Toolkit for marine life of Port Phillip Bay, Museum Victoria, accessed 25 Feb 2025, http://136.154.202.208:8098/species/7959
