Shore Plover
Thinornis novaeseelandiae(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Shore Plover
The Shore Plover (Thinornis novaeseelandiae) 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: South East/Rangatira Island, Chatham Islands; formerly widespread in New Zealand evidently including Auckland Islands; reintroduced to northern New Zealand satellite islandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Thinornis novaeseelandiae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Shore Plover
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Charadrius novae-Seelandiae
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- New Zealand = Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, ex Latham, Gen. Syn., 3, pt. 1, p. 206, no. 10, pi. 83.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.684
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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