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| Banded Stilt | |
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| Banded Stilts, Governors Lake, Rottnest Island |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Recurvirostridae |
| Genus: | Cladorhynchus G.R. Gray, 1840 |
| Species: | C. leucocephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cladorhynchus leucocephalus (Vieillot, 1816) |
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The Banded Stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) is a nomadic stilt from Australia. It belongs to the monotypical genus Cladorhynchus. It gets its name from the red-brown breast band found on breeding adults, but this is mottled or entirely absent in non-breeding adults and juveniles. Its remaining plumage is pied and the eyes are dark brown. They breed whenever the water conditions are suitable and lay 3-4 white, brown or black eggs on a scrape.
It is locally known as the Rottnest snipe on Rottnest Island, though not related to true snipes.
[edit] Various views and plumages
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Adults on Rottnest Island
[edit] References
- ^ BirdLife International (2004). Cladorhynchus leucocephalus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006.
- Marchant, S.; & Higgins, P.J. (Eds). (1993). Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 2: Raptors to Lapwings. Oxford University Press: Melbourne. ISBN 0-19-553069-1
[edit] External links
- Thinking Like a Banded Stilt, Libby Robin 2002.
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