THE DOTTEREL 



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The banded dotterel has been suspected of migrating from New 

 Zealand to Tasmania in the autumn, as it is common in Tasmania 

 in the winter and leaves in the spring. The species occurs all 



Banded Dotterel. 



Dotterel. 



through eastern Australia, as well as in the Lord Howe and 

 Norfolk Islands. In New Zealand it breeds in August and 

 September, and is e([ually abundant in the South Island all the 



