Plovers (Charadriidae)
Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus) - HBW 3, p. 432
French: Pluvier à tête rousse
German: Rotkopf-Regenpfeifer
Spanish: Chorlitejo Capelirrojo
Other common names: Red-capped Dotterel/Sandplover
Taxonomy: Charadrius ruficapillus Temminck, 1822, New South Wales.
Forms superspecies with C. marginatus, C. alexandrinus and C. javanicus; all of these have on occasion been considered conspecific (see page 386). Monotypic.
Distribution: Australia, mainly avoiding arid interior; Tasmania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female-plumaged bird foraging for food on shore at high tide Locality Dry Creek Saltfields, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Philip Griffin 4 June 2006 5 years ago 13 sec 4.4 -
A close view of a bird in breeding plumage, preening Locality Magazine Road wetlands, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 17 September 2007 4 years ago 15 sec 4.3 -
Female foraging at surf's edge, crouching when a White-bellied Sea-Eagle flies over. Locality Lake Tabourie, New South Wales, Australia
Stephen Wallace 14 October 2011 16 weeks ago 27 sec 4.2 -
A close view of a bird, feeding Locality Dry Creek Saltfields, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Philip Griffin 20 February 2006 4 years ago 28 sec 4.1 -
Male. Locality Lake Tabourie, New South Wales, Australia
Stephen Wallace 14 October 2011 16 weeks ago 15 sec 4 -
A bird feeding in the water Locality Dry Creek Saltfields, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Philip Griffin 20 February 2006 4 years ago 21 sec 4
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Distraction display by female
Locality Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Geoffrey Dabb 20 October 2010 4 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 4.4 -
Lateral view of adult bird standing on sand
Locality Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Mikko Pyhälä 11 August 2010 1 year ago 4.3 -
A male and female roosting.
Locality Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 9 August 2010 1 year ago 4 -
A pair roosting.
Locality Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 9 August 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Bird walking on beach
Locality Goolwa, South Australia, Australia
Peter Strauss 14 June 2010 50 weeks ago 3.8 -
A male roosting.
Locality Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 9 August 2010 1 year ago 3.8
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