CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Elseyornis melanops  

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)
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© Larry Dunis 2010
Lake Somerset, QLD (Mar, 2010)

The Black-fronted Dotterel is found around most of Australia pretty well anywhere there is shallow fresh water where it can search for aquatic insects and small molluscs.

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)

Black-fronted Dotterel

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)

Black-fronted Dotterel

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)

Black-fronted Dotterel

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)

Black-fronted Dotterel

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)

Juvenile Black-fronted Dotterel

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)

Black-fronted Dotterel

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)

Black-fronted Dotterel

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)

Black-fronted Dotterel

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)

Black-fronted Dotterel

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)

Black-fronted Dotterel

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)

Black-fronted Dotterel

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)

Black-fronted Dotterel

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)

Black-fronted Dotterel

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)

Black-fronted Dotterel

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)

Black-fronted Dotterel

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)

Black-fronted Dotterel

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)

Black-fronted Dotterel

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)

Black-fronted Dotterel

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)

Black-fronted Dotterel

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)

Black-fronted Dotterel

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)

Black-fronted Dotterel