Grey Plover

Order Charadriiformes; Family Charadriidae (Dotterels & Plovers); Scientific name: Pluvialis squatarola; Common name: Grey Plover; Alternative common name: Black-bellied Plover – Distribution in Australia: Circum Australia, more common in the north and west, less common in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia – Distribution outside Australia: breeds in Arctic areas of Eurasia and America; overwinters along the sea shores of Americas, Africa, South-east Asia, including Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia.