Birds · An occasional visitor rather than a resident.

Masked Lapwing

Vanellus miles

First heard here 20 Sept · last heard 27 Oct · 8 days in the last year · 14 detections on record

Hear it

A clear recording song, recorded in Australia

Ramit Singal, xeno-canto, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Trimmed to 20 seconds.

Heard here by the park sensor, 100% match

Raw and a bit distant; the bird was somewhere in the park, not next to the microphone.

What to look for

The masked lapwing is a large, common and conspicuous bird native to Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. It spends most of its time on the ground searching for food such as insects and worms and has several distinctive calls. It is common in Australian fields, open land and where there is lots of water, and is known for its defensive swooping behaviour during the nesting season.

When it has been heard

Detections per day, last 30 days. Heard on 2 of them.

Busiest day so far: Sunday 20 September, 4 detections between 4:14am and 4:16am.

Time of day

When it calls, last 30 days. Darker is busier.

Busiest around 4am. From 8 days with hourly counts.

Day	Heard	First	Last	Peak confidence
27 Oct	2	9:58pm	9:59pm	100%
26 Oct	1	9:31pm	9:31pm	94%
4 Oct	1	10:03pm	10:03pm	100%
3 Oct	1	8:12pm	8:12pm	100%
2 Oct	3	12:51pm	2:14pm	80%
26 Sept	1	1:49am	1:49am	73%
24 Sept	1	3:52am	3:52am	88%
20 Sept	4	4:14am	4:16am	100%

Detections are automatic and can be wrong.