| Northern New Zealand dotterel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Genus: | Charadrius |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | C. o. aquilonius
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| Trinomial name | |
| Charadrius obscurus aquilonius Dowding, 1994[2]
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The northern New Zealand dotterel or northern red-breasted plover (Charadrius obscurus aquilonius) is a shorebird which breeds exclusively on beaches in New Zealand's North Island.
- ^ "New Zealand dotterel/Tūturiwhatu".
- ^ Dowding, John (1994). "Morphometrics and ecology of the New Zealand Dotterel ( Charadrius obscurus ), with a description of a new subspecies". Notornis. 41 (4): 221–233.