Black-fronted Dotterel
Thinornis melanops(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
English (US) Black-fronted Dotterel
The Black-fronted Dotterel (Thinornis melanops) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Charadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: Australia including Tasmania (except southwestern deserts), and eastern New Zealand (where self-colonized in 1950s)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Thinornis melanops
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-fronted Dotterel
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Charadrius melanops
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
- Type locality
- 'Terres Australes' = New South Wales apud Mathews.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 27 p.139
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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