Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings

Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings - Family: Charadriidae

15 images. - Red-capped Plover, Double-banded Plover, Masked Lapwing, Red-kneed Dotterel.

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Black-fronted Dotterel
Black-fronted Dotterel, Elseyornis melanops, on the beach, Esplanade, Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Photographed October 2013 - © 2013 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved. Do not remove my signature from this image. Sharing only with credit please.
Black-fronted Dotterel
Black-fronted Dotterel, Elseyornis melanops, at Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, Central Queensland, Australia. Photographed October 2014 - © 2014 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved. Do not remove my signature from this image. Sharing only with credit please.
Male Red-capped Plover
Male Red-capped Plover, Charadrius ruficapillus, at Lake Indoon, Western Australia. Photographed January 2012 - © 2012 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved. Do not remove my signature from this image. Sharing only with credit please.
Female Red-capped Plover
Female Red-capped Plover, Charadrius ruficapillus, at Lake Indoon, Western Australia. Photographed January 2012 - © 2012 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved. Do not remove my signature from this image. Sharing only with credit please.
Southern Masked Lapwing
A stroll in the mud for this Southern Masked Lapwing, Vanellus miles novaehollandiae, at Thompson's Beach, Victoria Point, Queensland, Australia. Photographed April 2012 - © 2012 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved. Do not remove my signature from this image. Sharing only with credit please.
Southern Masked Lapwing
Check out his spurs ! Southern Masked Lapwing, Vanellus miles novaehollandiae, at G J Walter Park, Cleveland, Queensland, Australia. Photographed April 2012 - © 2012 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved. Do not remove my signature from this image. Sharing only with credit please.
Southern Masked Lapwing
Southern Masked Lapwing, Vanellus miles novaehollandiae, Southern Race, at Lorne, Victoria, Australia. I noticed this bird was slightly different than the other lapwings I have photographed. This one has a black band across the shoulders and partially around the breast. It is The Southern race novaehollandiae. I later realised the one I photographed at Lake Nappanerica is the same species as this one. Photographed February 2012 - © 2012 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved. Do not remove my signature from this image. Sharing only with credit please.
Northern Masked Lapwing, Chick
This cute little ball of fluff is a Masked Lapwing chick. Thanks to 'inside' information, he was easily found. Northern Masked Lapwing, Vanellus miles miles Northern Race, at Cosmo Deeps Mine, Douglas Daly, Northern Territory, Australia Do not remove my signature from this image. Sharing only with credit please.
Northern Masked Lapwing
Northern Masked Lapwing, Vanellus miles miles, at Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Photographed December 2012 - © 2012 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved. Do not remove my signature from this image. Sharing only with credit please.
Northern Masked Lapwing
Northern Masked Lapwing, Vanellus miles miles, at Weipa, Cape York, Queensland, Australia. Photographed January 2012 - © 2012 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved. Do not remove my signature from this image. Sharing only with credit please.
Northern Masked Lapwing
Northern Masked Lapwing, Vanellus miles miles, at Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, Queensland, Australia. Photographed September 2014 - © 2014 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved. Do not remove my signature from this image. Sharing only with credit please.
Northern Masked Lapwing
Northern Masked Lapwing, Vanellus miles miles Northern Race, at Victoria Plantation near Ingham, north Queensland, Australia. Photographed July 2010 - © 2010 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved. Do not remove my signature from this image. Sharing only with credit please.
Masked Lapwing
Masked Lapwing, Vanellus miles, at Lake Nappanerica, Simpson Desert, Outback Queensland. I believe this one to be the Southern race novaehollandiae. Photographed September 2010 - © 2010 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved. Do not remove my signature from this image. Sharing only with credit please.
Red-kneed Dotterel
Red-kneed Dotterel, Erythrogonys cinctus, at Lara Wetlands, Patrick, near Barcaldine, Queensland, Australia. Photographed August 2021 - © 2021 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved. Do not remove my signature from this image. Sharing only with credit please.