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| | Scientific name: Charadrius (Peltohyas) australis
Size: 20cm
Status: Common
Diet: Feeds at night on beetles, ants, insects and grasshoppers.
Habitat: Ploughed farm areas and open sparse plains.
Breeding: Usually three eggs are laid in a scraping in the ground between February and November.
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| | Inland Dotterel
/Inland+Dotterel/$File/Inland+Dotterel.jpg) It is one of the worlds best camouflage birds. The Inland Dotterel is unique amongst plovers, they cover their eggs with soil when they leave the nest. |
