Plains-wanderer

Plains-wanderer
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene–Present
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Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Suborder: Scolopaci
Family: Pedionomidae
Bonaparte, 1856
Genus: Pedionomus
Gould, 1840
Species:
P. torquatus
Binomial name
Pedionomus torquatus
Gould, 1840

The plains-wanderer (Pedionomus torquatus) is a bird, the only representative of family Pedionomidae and genus Pedionomus. It is endemic to Australia. Its historic range included much of eastern Australia, including Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and the Northern Territory, but in recent years, it has become endangered with remaining known populations concentrated in the Riverina region of New South Wales and western Queensland.[2]

  1. ^ Reed, Bourne, Elizabeth, Steven (2009). "Pleistocene Fossil Vertebrate Sites of the South East Region of South Australia II". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 133 (40). doi:10.1080/03721426.2009.10887108.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b BirdLife International (2022). "Pedionomus torquatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22693049A212570062. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T22693049A212570062.en. Retrieved 21 July 2022.