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Black-fronted Dotterel
Elseyornis melanops
-17.5133, 126.11
Field Notes
Description:
Small wader with a distinctive black face-mask and breast-band and prominent chestnut scapulars (shoulder feathers).
Legs are pink orange, and the bill is red with a black tip.
The dark eye is ringed with red. In flight the wings look broad and the tail short, while the black and white contrast is striking.
Habitat:
On the rocks alongside the river at Dimond Gorge.
Notes:
My first reference for identification: The Michael Morcombe eGuide to Australian Birds, Mobile App.
Second reference: http://birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/black-fronted-dotterel
At Dimond Gorge.
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