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title: "Hooded Plover"
description: "Thinornis cucullatus — Uccelli. The hooded plover or hooded dotterel (Thinornis cucullatus) is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/hooded-plover
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hooded Plover

> Thinornis cucullatus — Uccelli. The hooded plover or hooded dotterel (Thinornis cucullatus) is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae.

- Scientific name: *Thinornis cucullatus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 3616
- Wikidata: [Q10825107](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10825107)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144487](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144487)

## Names

- en: Hooded Plover
- de: Kappenregenpfeifer
- es: Chorlito Encapuchado
- fr: Pluvier à camail
- nl: Zwartkopplevier
- pt: Batuíra-de-cara-preta
- pl: Sieweczka czarnogłowa

## Countries with the most observations

AU (3454)

## Summary

The hooded plover or hooded dotterel (Thinornis cucullatus) is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae. It is endemic to southern Australia, where it inhabits ocean beaches and subcoastal lagoons.

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

## Photo

![Hooded Plover](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hooded-plover/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144968784

## Machine access

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