The Banded Lapwing lives in short grassland and farmland in Australia. Its black breast band and white throat stand out. It is nomadic and searches for invertebrates on the ground.
A black breast band lies below the white throat, with contrasting black-and-white markings on the head.
It can be nomadic and searches for insects and worms on the ground in short grassland and paddocks.
It breeds after rain, making a shallow ground scrape lined with dry grass and sometimes sheep droppings. The clutch is 3–4 eggs and incubation lasts 28 days.
Eggs and chicks are speckled, and chicks freeze when danger approaches. Parents defend the nest and young, sometimes distracting intruders by dragging a wing as if injured.
The bill and eye-ring are yellow, with a small red wattle above the bill. The legs are pinkish-grey.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.