Adults: Upper parts, dark brown. Underparts, white. Head, nape and breast, black. Throat, white. Bill, red with black tip. Flanks, chestnut, edged white. Trailing wing edge, white. Legs, brown-grey, with red knees.
Juveniles: Like adults but with brown head and nape. No breast band.
Red-kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus) [XC859869]
by nick talbot from Copley dam, South Australia, Australia (call)
Red-kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus) [XC795338]
by Peter Boesman from Point Wilson, Greater Geelong City, Victoria, Australia (call, flight call)
Nest
A slight depression in the ground, usually among stones at some distance but near water, occasionally exposed in damp soil close to water, or in the shelter of a small bush or clump of grass.
Eggs (Guide)
2 - 4; dull ochre-yellow, speckled with dark brown and black hair-like markings and blotches; pyriform; about 30 x 22 mm. Incubation: by both sexes.
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What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
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