Red-capped Plover


Red-capped Plover at Sandy Point

COMMON NAME: Red-capped Plover

CATEGORIES: Beach Inlet Beach-nesting

These tiny resident plovers can be seen down the spit and at the inlet.

They can be difficult to spot at the inlet, as they are well camouflaged on the mudflats. They are more obvious on the spit, where their chestnut cap catches your eye as the wee bird darts across the sand.

They are often seen in the company of other plovers.

Red-capped Plovers are colonial nesters, laying eggs and sitting on their nests in the dunes in close proximity to each other.

*These Local Notes are provided by
Leanne Cusack & Diane Carpenter


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GALLERY photos taken in and around Sandy Point & Shallow Inlet.

*Photographed by Leanne Cusack (unless otherwise credited)


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