Banded Lapwing

Vanellus tricolor

Pickford Road, Mareeba, FN Qld IMG_8542 20191129 - red wattle in front of eye.

Notes: Brown above, white below; white stripe through yellow eye; red wattle in front of eye;
thick & complete black breast-band. Diagonal white wing-bar separating black flight feathers from
brown coverts. Smaller and shorter-legged than Masked Lapwing. Inland plains, stony open
ground w. short grass, agricultural lands.

Range from eBird©(last 10 years)