Editing Plains-wanderer (section)

{{Short description|Australian species of bird}}
{{use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{use Australian English|date=April 2022}}
{{Speciesbox
| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Late Pleistocene|Present|earliest=Middle Pleistocene}}<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Reed, Bourne |first1=Elizabeth, Steven |title=Pleistocene Fossil Vertebrate Sites of the South East Region of South Australia II |journal=Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia |date=2009 |volume=133 |issue=40 |doi=10.1080/03721426.2009.10887108 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233645838_Pleistocene_Fossil_Vertebrate_Sites_of_the_South_East_Region_of_South_Australia_II}}</ref>
| image = Plains-wanderer female 8173.jpg
| image_caption = Female
| image2 = Plains-wanderer male 8055.jpg
| image2_caption = Male
| status = EN
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name =iucn>{{cite iucn| author= BirdLife International | author-link= BirdLife International |year= 2022 |title= ''Pedionomus torquatus'' |page=e.T22693049A212570062 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T22693049A212570062.en| access-date=21 July 2022}}</ref>
| display_parents = 3
| grandparent_authority = [[Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1856
| genus = Pedionomus
| parent_authority = [[John Gould|Gould]], 1840
| species = torquatus
| authority = [[John Gould|Gould]], 1840
}}

The '''plains-wanderer''' ('''''Pedionomus torquatus''''') is an atypical species of [[wading bird]], the [[Monotypic taxon|only representative]] of family '''Pedionomidae''' and genus '''''Pedionomus'''''. It is endemic to [[Australia]]. Its historic range included much of eastern Australia, including [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]], New South Wales, [[South Australia]] and the [[Northern Territory]], but in recent years, it has become endangered with remaining known populations concentrated in the [[Riverina]] region of New South Wales and western Queensland.<ref name =iucn/>