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The
New Zealand dotterel
(
Charadrius obscurus
) is a species of shorebird found only in certain areas of New Zealand. The
southern subspecies
(
C. o. obscurus
) is considered critically endangered by the
International Union for Conservation of Nature
, with only 60 to 80 mature individuals remaining in 2017. This individual, from the more numerous
northern subspecies
(
C. o. aquilonius
), was photographed at
Point Chevalier
, Auckland.
Photograph credit:
John Harrison
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