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| − | + | [[Image:Australian_Pratincole.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Aleix+Comas|Aleix Comas}} <br />Alice Springs, [[Northern Territories]], [[Australia]], January 2002]] | |
| − | [[Image:Australian_Pratincole.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Aleix Comas]] | + | ;[[:Category:Stiltia|Stiltia]] isabella |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | In breeding plumage most of the bird is pale brown, with paler upper breast, throat, sides of neck, and white undertail coverts. Sides of lower breast/belly are dark, black to brown or chestnut. Primaries are black, as is underwing coverts, tail is white with black subterminal band seen from the upperside. When breeding, the bill is bright red on the proximal half, otherwise mostly black.<br /> | |
| + | Non breeding plumage is duller and browner. | ||
| + | ====Similar Species==== | ||
| + | [[Image:18565Pratincole.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Non-breeding<br />Photo by {{user|RMD|RMD}}<br />Nhulunbuy [[Northern Territory]], [[Australia]], August 2004]] | ||
| + | Australian Pratincole lacks the dark-rimmed white throat-patch of other [[: Category:Glareola|pratincoles]]. | ||
| + | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | Breeds in [[Australia]] except south-western part and south-eastern-most coastal region; winters to southern [[New Guinea]] and [[Greater Sundas]]. | ||
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| + | '''Vagrant''' in summer to [[New Zealand]]. | ||
| + | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | This is a monotypic species<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>. | ||
| + | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Open inland stony and sparsely wooded plains, tussock grasslands, wetlands, sewage ponds and lagoons. | ||
| + | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | [[Image:Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella Lee Point 3167c 2-4-08.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|tcollins|tcollins}}<br />Darwin, [[Australia]], April 2008]] | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
| + | The diet includes mainly invertebrates. | ||
| + | ====Breeding==== | ||
| + | The nest is sometimes lined with small pebbles, dry vegetation or rabbit dung or sometimes the eggs are laid on bare ground in a hollow. Both sexes incubate the eggs and brood the young. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | # Pizzey, G. & Knight, F. 1997. Birds of Australia (Collins Field Guide). HarperCollins Publishers, London. ISBN 0-00-220132-1 | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Backyards | ||
| + | #BF Member observations | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | {{GSearch|Stiltia+isabella}} | + | {{GSearch|Stiltia+isabella" {{!}} "Australian_Pratincole" {{!}} "Australian Courser" {{!}} "Isabelline Pratincole" {{!}} "Long-legged Pratincole"}} |
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Latest revision as of 04:58, 1 May 2024
- Stiltia isabella
Identification
In breeding plumage most of the bird is pale brown, with paler upper breast, throat, sides of neck, and white undertail coverts. Sides of lower breast/belly are dark, black to brown or chestnut. Primaries are black, as is underwing coverts, tail is white with black subterminal band seen from the upperside. When breeding, the bill is bright red on the proximal half, otherwise mostly black.
Non breeding plumage is duller and browner.
Similar Species
Australian Pratincole lacks the dark-rimmed white throat-patch of other pratincoles.
Distribution
Breeds in Australia except south-western part and south-eastern-most coastal region; winters to southern New Guinea and Greater Sundas.
Vagrant in summer to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[2].
Habitat
Open inland stony and sparsely wooded plains, tussock grasslands, wetlands, sewage ponds and lagoons.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes mainly invertebrates.
Breeding
The nest is sometimes lined with small pebbles, dry vegetation or rabbit dung or sometimes the eggs are laid on bare ground in a hollow. Both sexes incubate the eggs and brood the young.
References
- Pizzey, G. & Knight, F. 1997. Birds of Australia (Collins Field Guide). HarperCollins Publishers, London. ISBN 0-00-220132-1
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Backyards
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Australian Pratincole. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Australian_Pratincole
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
