Steven David Miller / Masked lapwing / plover (Vanellus miles novaehollandiae) chick walking, Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia

Rod Williams / Masked lapwing or wattled plover (Vanellus miles) portrait, captive. Occurs in Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea

Rob Drummond/ BIA / Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles) wading, Victoria, Australia

Roger Powell / Masked lapwing (Vanellus miles) wading and feeding. Werribee Sewerage Farm, Victoria, Australia.

Martin Willis / Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles) foraging, Wyndham, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles), Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, New South Whales, Australia

Brent Stephenson / Nest of a Masked lapwing (Vanellus miles) with three eggs. Smedley Station, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Juvenile Masked lapwing (Vanellus miles) showing mottled back pattern and small pale facial wattles. Cape Kidnappers, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, October.

Brent Stephenson / Masked lapwing (Vanellus miles) chick on short grass. Cape Kidnappers, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, October.

Greg Oakley / Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles) flapping wings, Victoria, Australia

Jan Wegener / Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles), Victoria, Australia

Jan Wegener / Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles), Victoria, Australia