General

Red-kneed Dotterel: Small to medium plover with black head, white throat, black breast and upper flanks that grade into chestnut on lower flanks. Rest of underparts white. Bronze-brown back and wings. Medium, red-pink bill with black tip. Medium wings with black-brown primaries and white trailing edge. Short, white, slightly rounded tail with bronze-brown central feathers. Fairly long legs and feet, upper part pink-red, lower part black-gray. Feeds on insects and other aquatic invertebrates.

Breeding and Nesting

Red-kneed Dotterel: Four yellow-white eggs with brown markings are laid in a shallow scrape on the ground at the edge of a wetland. The nest is often built under a bush and is sometimes lined with grass. It can also use old nests of other species. Both sexes incubate the eggs for about a month.

Foraging and Feeding

Red-kneed Dotterel: Feeds on a variety of aquatic insects and invertebrates. Forages by probing the muddy bottom and edges of shallow water with its bill. It also picks food items off of the water and the surface of the mud.

Vocalization

Red-kneed Dotterel: Call is a high-pitched, rapid "wit-wit-wit" repetition.