SummaryThe nesting range ofVanellus tricoloris south of the Tropic of Capricorn. The nesting ranges ofV. miles milesin north Australia and ofV. m. novaehollandiaein south-east Austral in meet on the coast of Queensland at Townsville where some of the resident plovers are intermediate in external morphology. This distribution pattern supports Bock's revision of the taxonomy and nomenclature of these birds.