Anarhynchus ruficapillus
7 Red-capped Plover at Yarralumla, ACT
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| Anarhynchus ruficapillus | natureguy | 4 Nov 2020 | |
| Anarhynchus ruficapillus | JonSteinbeck | 3 Nov 2020 |
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Significant sighting
User's notes
The plover was keeping close to the waterline but even the small wavelets were sending it scurrying back up the small beach. It would occasionally peck at something on the sand. The bird was not bothered by the silver gulls, which did not give it a second glance, although the plover did stay at the northern end of the beach away from a large gathering of gulls and not far from some clumps of vegetation. I only saw the one bird.
6 comments
4 Nov 2020
Hi Rawshorty. The Yarralumla Beach near the Sri Chinmoy Statue. I have never seen one there before.
4 Nov 2020
I am not surprised, yours is the first record on CNM for this species, and there are no eBird records for it in the ACT. Closest record this year is Lake Bathurst. So a very good find indeed!
4 Nov 2020
There are a handful of records on COG from the ACT and Lake George/Bathurst, but it seems to be a pretty irregular vagrant to the region. Interestingly though this species is widely found coastally and inland in most other areas of Australia.
6 Nov 2020
Many thanks Christine, Natureguy and ConBoekel, for the comments. I had no idea what the bird was when I photographed it. I had just finished going for a kayak on the lake and only the last couple of times that I have been out have I taken a camera with me to shoot photos of the birds and other things I see while I am paddling. I am very glad I had the camera with me that morning. Many thanks again for the comments that have provided more context to my sighting. All the best
Location information
- Coordinates 149.105362-35.298927
- Altitude 561.5m
- Maps Lake Burley Griffin West
- Places Yarralumla, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 31 Oct 2020 07:05 AM Recorded on
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
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Species information
- Anarhynchus ruficapillus Scientific name
- Red-capped Plover Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Vagrant native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- -5.65m to 706.2m Recorded at altitude
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