Peltohyas australis
Inland Dotterel at Shoalhaven Heads, NSW
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| Peltohyas australis | CharlesDove | 5 Jun 2018 | |
| Peltohyas australis | CharlesDove | 5 Jun 2018 |
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Significant sighting
CharlesDove noted:
5 Jun 2018
This species is very rare in this region and as the name pertains it prefers the inland. Charadrius australis. The inland dotterel is an endemic shorebird of the arid Australian interior. It forms loose flocks in sparsely vegetated gibber plain and claypans in the day where it loafs in the shade and eats shoots of shrubs.
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Charadrius australis. The inland dotterel is an endemic shorebird of the arid Australian interior. It forms loose flocks in sparsely vegetated gibber plain and claypans in the day where it loafs in the shade and eats shoots of shrubs.
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Location information
- Coordinates 150.744256-34.860004
- Places Shoalhaven Heads, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 2 Feb 2017 12:00 AM Recorded on
- CharlesDove Recorded by
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Species information
- Peltohyas australis Scientific name
- Inland Dotterel Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 575.4m Recorded at altitude
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