Inland Dotterel (Peltohyas australis) - BirdLife species factsheet

Inland Dotterel Peltohyas australis

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Peltohyas australis (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously placed in the genus Charadrius.

Taxonomic source(s)
Christidis, L. and Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
Christidis, L.; Boles, W. E. 2008. Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	84 g

Distribution

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km²)	3,780,000	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population and trend

	Value	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Number of mature individuals		poor	estimated	2009
Population trend	unknown		not applicable	-
Generation length (years)	5.2	-	-	-

Trend justification: The population trend is difficult to determine because of uncertainty over the impacts of habitat modification on population sizes.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding	Non-breeding	Passage
Australia	extant	native		yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Australia	Paroo Floodplain and Currawinya
Australia	Diamantina and Astrebla Grasslands
Australia	Lake Bindegolly
Australia	Mount Lyndhurst
Australia	Mount Gibson and Charles Darwin
Australia	Bulgunnia
Australia	Goyder Lagoon
Australia	Granite Downs
Australia	Coongie Lakes
Australia	Diamantina Floodplain
Australia	Simpson Desert
Australia	Arcoona Lakes

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Desert	Hot	suitable	resident
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Peltohyas australis. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/inland-dotterel-peltohyas-australis on 29/09/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 29/09/2023.