Grey Plover

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Cairns Foreshore, FN Qld IMG_0277 20191206 - muddy,in non-breeding plumage. Tiny rear toe visible. CLICK for another view.

Notes: Largest coastal plover, larger than Pacific Golden Plover: larger, squarer head, longer
heavier bill, more horizontal stance. Tiny rear toe; white rump & undertail coverts; unique black
axillaries. Female breeding has smaller white spotting above. Adult non-breeding is grey-brown
above, mottled by whitish spots along feather edges. Migrates from high Arctic (Aug–Sep),
leaves Aust. Mar–Apr).

Range from eBird^©(last 10 years)

Wader Beach, Roebuck Bay, Broome, NW WA IMG_3452 20180916 - adult in near-full breeding plumage.

Wader Beach, Roebuck Bay, Broome, NW WA IMG_3489 20180916 - with Pacific Golden Plover on right (note GP larger
& has clear white undertail coverts, PGP is speckled black there). CLICK of adult in near-full breeding plumage.

Foreshore, Karumba Point, FN Qld IMG_7349 20200929 - 3 x partial breeding plumage; Silver Gulls, Australian Tern behind.

Cairns Foreshore, FNE Qld IMG_7233 20221116 - non-breeding plumage. CLICK for another view.

Wader Beach, Roebuck Bay, Broome, NW WA IMG_3467 20180916 - newly arrived male above/behind female. Definitive
black axillaries.

Cairns Foreshore, FN Qld IMG_0111 20191205

Foreshore, Karumba Point, FN Qld IMG_7074 20200928 - ¼-speed! Note the definitive black axillaries.

Cairns Foreshore, FN Qld IMG_0104 20191205 - non-breeding plumage

Wader Beach, Roebuck Bay, Broome, NW WA MVI_3482 20180916 - with smaller friends