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Water birds
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Sighting 4361069

Vanellus tricolor

7 Banded Lapwing at Canberra Airport, ACT

Vanellus tricolor at Canberra Airport, ACT - 8 Dec 2020 06:24 PM
Vanellus tricolor at Canberra Airport, ACT - 8 Dec 2020 06:24 PM
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Identification history

Vanellus tricolor 9 Dec 2020 Illilanga
Unverified 8 Dec 2020 millsse

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Significant sighting

natureguy noted:

9 Dec 2020

Rare visitor to the ACT. Last year had an influx to the area which was due to the drought. First record this summer.

User's notes

Banded Lapwing

3 comments

Illilanga wrote:
   9 Dec 2020
Thanks for the great sighting millsse. Could you please confirm the estimated number of birds and amend your abundance to a single number rather than a range. Do you think this is a nesting site as it is unusual to see these birds in the Canberra urban area? Thanks, Sandra
millsse wrote:
   9 Dec 2020
Sighted at Canberra Airport, within the airfield next to a taxiway (visible in foreground of photo). Very unlikely to be a nesting sight due to location. Infrequent visitor on airport, last time I saw one was July 2017
Christine wrote:
   10 Dec 2020
And yet, this is almost the exact same spot where they did nest in 2012.

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Species information

  • Vanellus tricolor Scientific name
  • Banded Lapwing Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Rare or uncommon native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1003.7m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
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  • Synonyms

    Vanellus (Lobivanellus) tricolor

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