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Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML201737331
eBird checklist S65118352
Report
rating 5
4 ratings
Nicholas Talbot
31 Aug 2007
Salisbury, South Australia, Australia
Media notes
An adult bird bobbing its head. Elevation: 2 m. Date added to IBC: June 22, 2016
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Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML201728651
eBird checklist S65118030
Report
rating 5
4 ratings
Nicholas Talbot
7 Apr 2006
Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Media notes
Two birds feeding on mud, one using its foot to detect prey. Elevation: 556 m. D
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Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML201633411
eBird checklist S65107361
Report
rating 5
4 ratings
Stephen Wallace
22 Jan 2012
Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Media notes
Nest in a carpark. Elevation: 453 m. Date added to IBC: June 23, 2016.
Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML201626131
eBird checklist S65107250
Report
rating 5
4 ratings
Stephen Wallace
19 Nov 2011
Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Media notes
Adults foraging and interacting. Elevation: 577 m. Date added to IBC: June 23, 2
…
Behaviors
Foraging or eating
Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML201873301
eBird checklist S65200049
Report
rating 4
5 ratings
Robert Humphries
6 Aug 2018
Shark Bay, Western Australia, Australia
Media notes
A Black-fronted Dotterel standing - head bobbing. Black-fronted Dotterels (Elsey
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Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML201873291
eBird checklist S65200049
Report
rating 4
5 ratings
Robert Humphries
6 Aug 2018
Shark Bay, Western Australia, Australia
Media notes
A Black-fronted Dotterel at a roadside puddle. Black-fronted Dotterels (Elseyorn
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Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML201859481
eBird checklist S65200160
Report
rating 4
5 ratings
Robert Humphries
1 Nov 2018
Cambridge, Western Australia, Australia
Media notes
Juvenile Black-fronted Dotterels hunting in a drying puddle. Black-fronted Dotte
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Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML201769201
eBird checklist S65141712
Report
rating 4
4 ratings
Phil Gregory | Sicklebill Safaris | www.birder.travel
27 Jul 2019
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Media notes
Black-fronted Dotterel at Cairns. The only shorebird with a maroon shoulder bar!
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Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML201755671
eBird checklist S65140061
Report
rating 4
4 ratings
Philip Griffin
23 Mar 2004
Mount Barker, South Australia, Australia
Media notes
An adult feeding at the edge of a muddy pond. Elevation: 339 m. Date added to IB
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Behaviors
Foraging or eating
Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML201755661
eBird checklist S65140059
Report
rating 4
4 ratings
Philip Griffin
9 Mar 2004
Mount Barker, South Australia, Australia
Media notes
An adult feeding. Elevation: 339 m. Date added to IBC: June 22, 2016.
Age and sex
Adult, Unknown sex - 1
Behaviors
Foraging or eating
Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML201737321
eBird checklist S65118353
Report
rating 4
4 ratings
Nicholas Talbot
31 Aug 2007
Wyndham, Victoria, Australia
Media notes
A lateral view of an adult bird standing. Elevation: 4 m. Date added to IBC: Jun
…
Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML201728671
eBird checklist S65118030
Report
rating 4
4 ratings
Nicholas Talbot
7 Apr 2006
Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Media notes
Two birds feeding on mud, before one departs. Elevation: 556 m. Date added to IB
…
Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML201728661
eBird checklist S65118030
Report
rating 4
4 ratings
Nicholas Talbot
7 Apr 2006
Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Media notes
A bird feeding on mud. Elevation: 556 m. Date added to IBC: June 22, 2016.
Behaviors
Foraging or eating
Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML201715861
eBird checklist S65107391
Report
rating 4
4 ratings
Colin Trainor
7 Apr 2017
Golden Plains, Victoria, Australia
Media notes
Two birds feeding at muddy edge of wetland. Elevation: 391 m. Date added to IBC:
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Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML201715841
eBird checklist S65107390
Report
rating 4
4 ratings
Colin Trainor
28 Mar 2017
Golden Plains, Victoria, Australia
Media notes
Actively feeding in mud at edge of wetland. Elevation: 391 m. Date added to IBC:
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Behaviors
Foraging or eating
Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML201670531
eBird checklist S65126983
Report
rating 4
4 ratings
Steve Clark
2 Apr 2013
Northwestern NSW, New South Wales, Australia
Media notes
This bird was systematically extracting Ant-lion larvae from their cone traps in
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Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML201664621
eBird checklist S65098870
Report
rating 4
4 ratings
Martin Kennewell
21 Aug 2017
Nusa Tenggara Timur, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Media notes
Second Indonesian Record: vagrant foraging on lake shore. Elevation: 2 m. Date a
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Behaviors
Foraging or eating
Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML201664611
eBird checklist S65098870
Report
rating 4
4 ratings
Martin Kennewell
21 Aug 2017
Nusa Tenggara Timur, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Media notes
Second Indonesian Record: vagrant foraging on lake shore. Elevation: 2 m. Date a
…
Behaviors
Foraging or eating
Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML201662891
eBird checklist S65098870
Report
rating 4
4 ratings
Martin Kennewell
21 Aug 2017
Nusa Tenggara Timur, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Media notes
Second Indonesian Record: vagrant foraging on lake shore. Elevation: 2 m. Date a
…
Behaviors
Foraging or eating
Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML201626141
eBird checklist S65107250
Report
rating 4
4 ratings
Stephen Wallace
19 Nov 2011
Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Media notes
Juvenile foraging. Elevation: 577 m. Date added to IBC: June 23, 2016.
Age and sex
Juvenile, Unknown sex - 1
Behaviors
Foraging or eating
Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML486737
eBird checklist S31891713
Report
rating 4
5 ratings
Benjamin Clock
8 Oct 2012
Queensland, Australia
Age and sex
Adult, Unknown sex - 1
Behaviors
Foraging or eating; Preening
Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML486711
eBird checklist S31891713
Report
rating 4
5 ratings
Benjamin Clock
8 Oct 2012
Queensland, Australia
Age and sex
Adult, Unknown sex - 1
Behaviors
Foraging or eating
Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML613370213
eBird checklist S147887607
Report
rating 4
2 ratings
Ben Milbourne
22 Aug 2023
Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Age and sex
Adult, Unknown sex - 1
Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML546004331
eBird checklist S130880602
Report
rating 5
1 rating
Robert Humphries
14 Mar 2023
Claremont, Western Australia, Australia
Media notes
An adult Black-fronted Dotterel feeding and foot-paddling on the mud flat at Lak
…
Sounds
Non-vocal
Behaviors
Foraging or eating
Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML427230591
eBird checklist S104982892
Report
rating 5
1 rating
Robert Humphries
17 Mar 2022
Stirling, Western Australia, Australia
Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML242724591
eBird checklist S70328646
Report
rating 5
1 rating
Colin Trainor
12 Jun 2020
Pyrenees, Victoria, Australia
Age and sex
Adult, Unknown sex - 1
Behaviors
Vocalizing
Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML242724571
eBird checklist S70328646
Report
rating 5
1 rating
Colin Trainor
12 Jun 2020
Pyrenees, Victoria, Australia
Age and sex
Adult, Unknown sex - 1
Behaviors
Foraging or eating
Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML201664601
eBird checklist S65098870
Report
rating 3
4 ratings
Martin Kennewell
21 Aug 2017
Nusa Tenggara Timur, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Media notes
Second Indonesian Record: vagrant foraging on lake shore. Elevation: 2 m. Date a
…
Behaviors
Foraging or eating
Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML201662881
eBird checklist S65098870
Report
rating 3
4 ratings
Martin Kennewell
21 Aug 2017
Nusa Tenggara Timur, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Media notes
vagrant foraging on lake shore. Second Indonesian Record: vagrant foraging on la
…
Behaviors
Foraging or eating
Black-fronted Dotterel
Charadrius melanops
ML201654621
eBird checklist S65098644
Report
rating 3
4 ratings
Martin Kennewell
10 Sep 2016
MacDonnell, Northern Territory, Australia
Media notes
side and front views. Elevation: 668 m. Date added to IBC: October 26, 2016.
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