Greater Sand Plover

Order Charadriiformes; Family Charadriidae (Dotterels & Plovers); Scientific name: Charadrius leschenaultii; Common name: Greater Sand Plover; Alternative common names: Greater Sandplover or Large-billed Dotterel – Distribution in Australia: circum Australia, although much less common along southern coast than further north - Distribution outside Australia: Breeds between Armenia, Trasncaspia, Russian Turkestan east to Mongolia; overwinters in Africa, Madagascar, south-east Asia to Taiwan. The Moluccas, New Guinea, Solomons, Australia and rarely New Zealand.