Shore plover

Shore plover
Shore plover male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Genus: Charadrius
Species:
C. novaeseelandiae
Binomial name
Charadrius novaeseelandiae
Synonyms[2]
List
  • Charadrius novae Seelandiae "Gmelin, 1789: Syst. Nat., 13th edition 1(2): 684. Based on the 'New Zealand Plover' of Latham 1785, Gen. Synop. Birds 3(1): 206, pl. 83 – Dusky Sound, Fiordland (fide Medway 2008 [2007], Notornis 54: 116)."
  • Charadrius Dudoroa "Wagler, 1827: Syst. Avium, Charad.: sp. 14 – New Zealand."
  • Charadrius Torquatula "J.R. Forster, 1829: in J.G. Wagler, Isis von Oken, Heft 6: col. 652 – Dusky Sound, Fiordland (fide Medway 2008 [2007], Notornis 54: 116)."
  • Hiaticula Novae Seelandiae "(Gmelin); G.R. Gray 1843, in E. Dieffenbach, Travels in N.Z. 2: 195."
  • Thinornis novae seelandiae "(Gmelin); G.R.Gray 1845, in Richardson & J.E. Gray (eds), Zool. Voy. ‘Erebus’ & ‘Terror’, Birds 1(8): 12, pl. 11."
  • Thinornis Rossii "G.R. Gray, 1845: in Richardson & J.E. Gray (eds), Zool. Voy. ‘Erebus’ & ‘Terror’, Birds 1(8): 12, pl. 11 – 'Auckland Island', error (fide C.A. Fleming 1982, George Edward Lodge. The unpublished N.Z. bird paintings: 245)."
  • Charadrius atricinctus "Ellman, 1861: Zoologist 19: 7469 – New Zealand."
  • Thinornis novae zelandiae "(Gmelin); Buller 1865, Essay N.Z. Ornith.: 17. Unjustified emendation."
  • Thinornis novae zealandiae "(Gmelin); Sharpe 1896, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 24: 304. Unjustified emendation."
  • Thinornis novaeseelandiae "(Gmelin); Mathews & Iredale 1913, Ibis 1 (10th ser.): 253"
  • Thinornis novae-seelandiae "(Gmelin); Peters 1934, Check-list Birds World 2: 257."
  • Charadrius novaeseelandiae "Gmelin; Holdaway et al. 2001, New Zealand Journ. Zool. 28(2): 133, 178."

The shore plover (Māori: tūturuatu, Moriori: tchūriwat’, Charadrius novaeseelandiae), also known as the shore dotterel, is a small plover endemic to New Zealand. Once found all around the New Zealand coast, it is now restricted to a few offshore islands. It is one of the world's rarest shorebirds: the population is roughly 250.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Thinornis novaeseelandiae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693899A93429618. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693899A93429618.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Checklist Committee, Ornithological Society of New Zealand (2010). Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica (PDF) (4th ed.). Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press in association with the Ornithological Society of New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-877385-59-9. Retrieved 17 May 2022 – via New Zealand Birds Online.