What is my name ? (Darwin, Australia)

Looking for the name of this bird and your comments...

hi Marie-Therese. My guess from UK is masked lapwing.Race a.milkes Northen race?Neat shot if my guess is right , send one over to UK!! regards miken

Wikipedia agrees with you Mike, thanks a lot !!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masked_Lapwing

Yup, you guys got it right.....a Venallus Miles (Masked Lapwing). Unique to the Northern seaboard of Australia. Very noisy, very territorial and can be agressive in protection of its territory.

Lovely capture......... well done

Regards