Rob Drummond/ BIA / Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus) flapping, Victoria, Australia

Rob Drummond/ BIA / Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus) on beach, Victoria, Australia

Mike Potts / Banded plover (Charadrius falklandicus) two feeding on a mudflat. Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. January.

Andy Trowbridge / Banded dotterel or double-banded plover (Charadrius bicinctus) standing in shallow water with reflection. Ashley River, Canterbury, New Zealand. July.

Andy Trowbridge / Banded dotterel or double-banded plover (Charadrius bicinctus) feeding in shallow water. Ashley River, Canterbury, New Zealand. July.

Claudio Contreras / Two-banded Plover (Charadrius falklandicus), Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands, October

Claudio Contreras / Two-banded Plover (Charadrius falklandicus), banded, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands, October

Sylvain Cordier / Two banded plover, (Charadrius falklandicus), adult on the nest, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands

Sylvain Cordier / Two banded plover, (Charadrius falklandicus), near by the nest, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands

Richard Robinson / Auckland Island banded dotterel (Charadrius bicinctus exilis) on shoreline, Enderby Island in the subantarctic Auckland Islands archipelago, New Zealand, January Editorial use only.

Richard Robinson / Auckland Island banded dotterel (Charadrius bicinctus exilis) on shoreline, Enderby Island in the subantarctic Auckland Islands archipelago, New Zealand, January Editorial use only.

Richard Robinson / Auckland Island banded dotterel (Charadrius bicinctus exilis) Enderby Island in the subantarctic Auckland Islands archipelago, New Zealand, January Editorial use only.

Richard Robinson / Auckland Island banded dotterel (Charadrius bicinctus exilis) Enderby Island in the subantarctic Auckland Islands archipelago, New Zealand, January Editorial use only.

Richard Robinson / Auckland Island banded dotterel (Charadrius bicinctus exilis) Enderby Island in the subantarctic Auckland Islands archipelago, New Zealand, January Editorial use only.

Gabriel Rojo / Two-banded plover (Charadrius falklandicus) on shore, Chubut, Patagonia , Argentina

Brent Stephenson / Banded dotterel / Double-banded plover (Charadrius bicinctus) nest containing two eggs on a braided riverbed. Ngaruroro River, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, November.

Brent Stephenson / Breeding plumage male Banded dotterel / Double-banded plover (Charadrius bicinctus) amongst river stones. Ngaruroro River, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, November.

Brent Stephenson / Adult female Banded dotterel / Double-banded plover (Charadrius bicinctus) in breeding plumage near the nest on a braided riverbed. Ngaruroro River, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, November.

Tui De Roy / Auckland Island Banded Dotterel (Charadrius bicinctus exilis) foraging in open fell fields. Enderby Isand, Auckland Group, New Zealand.

Tui De Roy / Auckland Island Banded Dotterel (Charadrius bicinctus exilis) foraging amongst fields of gentians. Enderby Island, Auckland Group, New Zealand.

Rob Drummond / Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus), Australia

Jan Wegener / Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus), Australia

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus) portrait, Auckland Islands, New Zealand. November.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus) portrait, Auckland Islands, New Zealand. November.

Jonathan Harrod / Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus) on ground nest, Lake Ellesmere, New Zealand

Jonathan Harrod / Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus) newly hatched chick, Lake Ellesmere, New Zealand

Brent Stephenson / Adult breeding plumage male Banded Dotterel / Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus) running over mudflats. Manawatu Estuary, Manawatu, New Zealand, September.

Mike Read / Double banded plover (Charadrius bicinctus) on nest in rain, Kaikoura, New Zealand

Mike Read / Double banded plover (Charadrius bicinctus) on nest in rain, Kaikoura, New Zealand

Brent Stephenson / Banded Dotterel / Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus) female against a blue sky. Ngaruroro River Estuary, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, November.

Brent Stephenson / Banded Dotterel / Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus) male in breeding plumage sitting on nest amongst river stones. Ngaruroro River, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, November.

Mark Hughes / Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus) chick, East Clive, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

Mark Hughes / Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus), East Clive, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

Mark Hughes / Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus), East Clive, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

Andrew Walmsley / Banded dotterel / Double banded plover (Charadrius bicinctus) on shingle, Kaikoura, New Zealand, October

Andrew Walmsley / Banded dotterel / Double banded plover (Charadrius bicinctus) on shingle, Kaikoura, New Zealand, October

Tom Marshall / Double banded plover (Charadrius bicinctus) nest with eggs camouflaged on shingle beach. Kaikoura. New Zealand. October

Tom Marshall / Banded Dotterel / Double banded plover (Charadrius bicinctus) adult in breeding habitat. Lake Ellesmere. Canterbury. New Zealand, October

Tom Marshall / Double banded dotterel / plover {Charadrius bicinctus} adult perched on rock, Southern Alps, New Zealand. December

Kevin Schafer / Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus), Enderby Island, New Zealand

Mike Potts / Banded dotterel / Double banded plover {Charadrius bicinctus} female tending eggs, Okarito Lagoon, South Island, New Zealand.

Mike Potts / Banded Dotterel / Double banded plover {Charadrius bicinctus} eggs in nest, camouflaged against sand, Okarito Lagoon, South Island, New Zealand

Mike Potts / Banded Dotterel / Double banded plover {Charadrius bicinctus} male, Okarito Lagoon, South Island, New Zealand

Mike Potts / Banded Dotterel / Double banded plover {Charadrius bicinctus} female, Okarito Lagoon, South Island, New Zealand

Pete Oxford / Banded dotterel / Double banded plover {Charadrius bicinctus exilis} Enderby Island, Auckland Islands, New Zealand.

Konrad Wothe / Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus) using broken wing display to lure predators away from nest, Enderby Island, New Zealand

Gabriel Rojo / Two banded plover (Charadrius falklandicus) female, incubating eggs on nest on pebbly beach, Cerro Avanzado protected area, Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina.

Gabriel Rojo / Two banded plover (Charadrius falklandicus) female, sitting on nest incubating eggs, Cerro Avanzado protected area, Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina.

Gabriel Rojo / Two banded plover (Charadrius falklandicus) portrait, Cerro Avanzado protected area, Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina.