Hooded Plover
Thinornis cucullatus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 2,715
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Near Threatened
Description
The hooded plover or hooded dotterel (Thinornis cucullatus) is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae. It is endemic to southern Australia, where it inhabits ocean beaches and subcoastal lagoons.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Hooded plover”.