Plovers (Charadriidae)
Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis) - HBW 3, p. 441
French: Pluvier anarhynque
German: Schiefschnabel
Spanish: Chorlitejo Piquituerto
Other common names: Wry-billed Plover
Taxonomy: Anarhynchus frontalis Quoy and Gaimard, 1830, Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand.
Genus very close to Charadrius, and perhaps not justifiably distinct; species has been linked particularly with C. bicinctus. Monotypic.
Distribution: New Zealand: breeds in C South I; winters in N North I.
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A bird looking for food, catching a worm, cleaning it on water and swallowing it. Locality Manawatu River Estuary, North Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 February 2013 5 weeks ago 57 sec 4.8 -
A bird walking slowly to detect prey, catching a worm, cleaning and eating it. Locality Manawatu River Estuary, North Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 February 2013 5 weeks ago 35 sec 4.6 -
A very large group in flight over a wetland and finally landing. Locality Miranda, North Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 14 February 2013 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 1 min 29 sec 4.5 -
A bird catching a worm, washing and eating it. Locality Manawatu River Estuary, North Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 February 2013 5 weeks ago 25 sec 4.5 -
A group of birds preening and lying on a beach. Locality Manawatu River Estuary, North Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 February 2013 5 weeks ago 1 min 10 sec 4.5 -
A bird running and feeding on worms in an estuary. Locality Manawatu River Estuary, North Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 February 2013 5 weeks ago 1 min 1 sec 4.4
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With it's bill curved to the right the wrybill is an uncommon visitor/resident of Awarua Bay, New Zealand.
Locality Awarua Bay Wildlife Refuge, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand
Glenda Rees 31 July 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
An endemic bird of New Zealand and the only bird in the world with a bill curved to the right so that it can forage under the st
Locality Awarua Bay Wildlife Refuge, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand
Glenda Rees 12 August 2011 1 year ago 4.1 -
The only bird in the world with a bill bent to the right.
Locality Miranda, North Island, New Zealand
Glenda Rees 18 May 2011 1 year ago 4.1 -
An endemic bird of New Zealand, the wrybill is the only bird to have a beak curved to the right.
Locality Awarua Bay Wildlife Refuge, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand
Glenda Rees 31 July 2011 1 year ago 4.1 -
An individual stretching out an earthworm, on a beach.
Locality Manawatu River Estuary, North Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 February 2013 5 weeks ago 4 -
A male in breeding plumage feeding on a beach.
Locality Waikuku Beach, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 20 August 2011 1 year ago 4
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Calls by several birds before and when taking off from a beach. Locality Manawatu River Estuary, North Island, New Zealand
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 February 2013 5 weeks ago 4
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