Double-banded Plover
Anarhynchus bicinctus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 3,255
- Most observed in
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Description
The double-banded plover (Anarhynchus bicinctus), known as the banded dotterel or pohowera in New Zealand, is a species of bird in the plover family. Two subspecies are recognised: the nominate Anarhynchus bicinctus bicinctus, which breeds throughout New Zealand, including the Chatham Islands, and A. b. exilis, which breeds in New Zealand's subantarctic Auckland Islands.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Double-banded plover”.