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Double-banded Plover

Anarhynchus bicinctus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 76, February 58, March 29, April 35, May 10, June 20, July 19, August 24, September 63, October 78, November 90, December 89.
New Zealand591
Australia470
Canterbury Region322
New South Wales265
Victoria93
Queensland54
Wellington Region40
Otago Region35
Southland Region34
Manawatu-Wanganui Region26

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderShorebirds and Allies · Charadriiformes
FamilyPlovers and Lapwings · Charadriidae
GenusSand Plovers and Allies · Anarhynchus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Double-banded Plover with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.