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Photo © by jimmclean
Sydney, Australia, Mar 2003
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae

Identification

Photo © by Ken Doy
Kedron Brook Wetlands, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, June 2018

40–48 cm (15¾-19 in)

  • Long upwardly curved bill
  • Chestnut-red head and neck
  • White eye-ring
  • White body with thick black striping on the back and wings
  • Long grey legs

Distribution

Locally in Australia; vagrant to Tasmania and New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Juvenile
Photo © by Ken Doy
Kianawah Road, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, July 2017

For breeding they use inland salt-lakes and shallow water bodies.

Behaviour

Diet

They feed on a variety of aquatic invertebrates and their larvae, including worms, molluscs, crustaceans, insects and seeds.

Breeding

Its nest is a shallow scrape lined with water vegetation. Timing in some areas my depend on the rain.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2018)

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