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| Photographed near Broome Bird Observatory, September 2016 |
806 ORIENTAL PLOVER Charadrius veredus
Australia (650)
Found on open plains; bare, rolling country, often far from water; ploughed land; muddy or sandy wastes near inane swamps or tidal mudflats, bare playpens; margins of coastal marshes; grassy airfields, sport fields, lawns. 22-25 cm, wingspan 46-53 cm. Breeds in Mongoliaand Manchuria; regular summer migrant to Aust. (Sept-March). Records all states, but regular across coastal and n. inland.
