Vanellus miles

Masked Lapwing at Cairns City, QLD

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Location information

• Coordinates 145.776757-16.916127
• Places Cairns City, QLD

Sighting information

• 7 Abundance
• 12 Jun 2025 06:50 PM Recorded on
• Rixon Recorded by

• Collections

  Rixon NatureMapr North Queensland Latest Shorebirds Water birds Birds

Species information

• Vanellus miles Scientific name
• Masked Lapwing Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• -2.57m to 1112.6m Recorded at altitude
• 503 images trained Machine learning
• External link More information

• Synonyms

  Vanellus (Lobipluvia) miles Vanellus (Lobipluvia) miles novaehollandiae

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• More than one media file
• Verified by an expert moderator
• Nearby sighting(s) of same species
• GPS evidence of location
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