Plovers (Charadriidae)
Shore Plover (Charadrius novaeseelandiae) - HBW 3, p. 440
French: Pluvier de Nouvelle-Zélande
German: Chathamregenpfeifer
Spanish: Chorlitejo de las Chatham
Other common names: New Zealand/Shore Dotterel/Plover
Taxonomy: Charadrius novæ-Seelandiæ Gmelin, 1789, Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand.
Often placed in genus Thinornis, in recent years increasingly with C. rubricollis, but limits and validity of genus Thinornis remain debatable, so both species probably best retained in Charadrius for present (see page 385). Monotypic.
Distribution: Rangatira I (South-east I) of Chatham Is.
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Adult male Shore Plover settling in to roost on Plimmerton beach at high tide. This bird was part of a flock of 24 birds, the la Locality Plimmerton, Wellington Region, North Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Neil Robertson 7 June 2011 50 weeks ago 1 min 3 sec 4.7 -
Juvenile Shore Plover, preening. Locality Plimmerton, Wellington Region, North Island, New Zealand
Neil Robertson 7 June 2011 50 weeks ago 52 sec 4.4
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Adult bird
Locality Motuora Island, North Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Alan Tate 1 December 1997 2 years ago 3.8
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