Plains-wanderer

Pedionomus torquatus

The Plains-wanderer (Pedionomus torquatus) is a bird found in Australia. Found in Australia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, seeds and nuts and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific name	Pedionomus torquatus
Region	Australia & Oceania
Found in	Australia

🏡 Where the Plains-wanderer lives

Found in Australia.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs50%
🌰 Seeds & nuts30%
🌿 Leaves & plants20%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

EndangeredVery few are left in the wild.

💡 It weighs about 63 grams. It mostly eats insects and other small creatures and seeds.

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Recorded by Mike Letnic (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC923894. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Plains-wanderer

Where does the Plains-wanderer live?

The Plains-wanderer lives in Australia. Found in Australia.

What does the Plains-wanderer eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 50%), seeds and nuts (about 30%), leaves and other plant parts (about 20%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Plains-wanderer endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

More birds from Australia & Oceania

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.