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title: "Double-banded Plover"
description: "Anarhynchus bicinctus — Uccelli. The double-banded plover (Anarhynchus bicinctus), known as the banded dotterel or pohowera in New Zealand, is a species of bird in the plover family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/double-banded-plover
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Double-banded Plover

> Anarhynchus bicinctus — Uccelli. The double-banded plover (Anarhynchus bicinctus), known as the banded dotterel or pohowera in New Zealand, is a species of bird in the plover family.

- Scientific name: *Anarhynchus bicinctus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 4205
- Wikidata: [Q137166201](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137166201)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1505639](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1505639)

## Names

- en: Double-banded Plover
- de: Doppelbandregenpfeifer
- es: Chorlitejo de Dos Bandas
- fr: Pluvier à double collier

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (2849), AU (1082), NF (6), NC (3)

## Summary

The double-banded plover (Anarhynchus bicinctus), known as the banded dotterel or pohowera in New Zealand, is a species of bird in the plover family. Two subspecies are recognised: the nominate Anarhynchus bicinctus bicinctus, which breeds throughout New Zealand, including the Chatham Islands, and A. b. exilis, which breeds in New Zealand's subantarctic Auckland Islands.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-banded_plover

## Photo

![Double-banded Plover](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/double-banded-plover/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hanwen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/253076424

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/double-banded-plover?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).