Black-fronted Dotterel (Thinornis melanops)
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Black-fronted Dotterel

Thinornis melanops (Vieillot, 1818)

Busiest months: October · Most records: Australia, New Zealand

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: October · Most records: Australia, New Zealand

Black-fronted Dotterel has been recorded at 223 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 2 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

  1. Western Treatment PlantAustralia3,497 records
  2. Bowra Wildlife SanctuaryAustralia3,440 records
  3. Alice Springs Sewage PondsAustralia2,309 records
More places
  1. Cairns EsplanadeAustralia2,104 records
  2. Oxley Creek CommonAustralia2,011 records
  3. Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature ReserveAustralia1,908 records
  4. Broome South Wastewater Treatment PlantAustralia1,649 records
  5. Serendip SanctuaryAustralia1,445 records
  6. Townsville Town Common Conservation ParkAustralia1,301 records
  7. Carlyle Gardens Retirement Resort, TownsvilleAustralia1,166 records

Countries and regions with the most records

AustraliaNew Zealand

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

Questions

Where does the Black-fronted Dotterel live?

Its breeding range: Australasia: inland Australia, Tasmania and North and South Islands (New Zealand). It is most often recorded in Australia and New Zealand.

When is the best time to see the Black-fronted Dotterel?

At the hotspots we track, it is recorded most in October (Southern Hemisphere).

What family is the Black-fronted Dotterel in?

It belongs to the family Plovers (Charadriidae), order Charadriiformes.

Range

Australasia: inland Australia, Tasmania and North and South Islands (New Zealand)

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2

Classification

Family
Plovers Charadriidae
Genus
Thinornis

Other birds in the genus Thinornis

Hooded PloverHooded PloverThinornis cucullatusForbes's PloverForbes's PloverThinornis forbesiThree-banded PloverThree-banded PloverThinornis tricollarisShore PloverShore PloverThinornis novaeseelandiaeLittle Ringed PloverLittle Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusLong-billed PloverLong-billed PloverThinornis placidusGrey PloverGrey PloverPluvialis squatarolaEuropean Golden PloverEuropean Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPacific Golden PloverPacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulvaAmerican Golden PloverAmerican Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
Black-fronted Dotterel

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