Black-fronted Dotterel
Elseyornis melanops
Cairns Foreshore, FNE Qld IMG_1384 20231107 - CLICK for another on 20180502
Notes: Dainty. Horizontal stance, longish pale legs &
tail. Red base to bill, red orbital ring, black
V-shaped breast-band,
black mask, maroon stripe along scapulars.
Widespread; fringes of
practically every inland wetland, rarely on tidal flats.
Range from Morcombe©
Foreshore, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_0041 20200729 - black V-shaped breast-band.
Cairns Foreshore, FNE Qld IMG_9948 20191204 - note upperwing & underwing patterns. Jerky flight w. deep wing-beats.
Rocky Tate River Crossing, FN Qld IMG_0691 20210508 - maroon stripe along
scapulars.
McKillops Bridge, NE Vic IMG_7094 20151204 - red orbital ring.
Cairns Foreshore, FNE Qld IMG_0897 20191021
Karumba Point, FN Qld IMG_5773 20200621 - Adult on left, immature on right: dark breast-bnand starting to develop.
Cairns Foreshore, FNE Qld IMG_9618 20190729 - Immature: stripe on scapulars starting to develop.
Rocky Tate River Crossing, FN Qld IMG_0686 20210508 - bathing.
Cairns Foreshore, FNE Qld IMG_0909 20191021 - a conflab.
Cairns Foreshore, FNE Qld MVI_9616 20190729 - foraging by tapping foot & looking.