Shore Plover

Shore Plover

Taxobox
name = Shore Plover


status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1


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image_caption = Male Shore Plover.
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Charadriiformes
familia = Charadriidae
genus = "Thinornis"
genus_authority = Gray,GR, 1845
species = "T. novaeseelandiae"
binomial = "Thinornis novaeseelandiae"
binomial_authority = (Gmelin, 1789)The Shore Plover ("Thinornis novaeseelandiae") is a small species (20 cm in length, 60g)Barrie Heather and Hugh Robertson, "The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand" (revised edition)", Viking, 2005] of Plover endemic to New Zealand. Its Māori name is "Tuturuatu".

The Shore Plover is an endangered species with a world population of around 200 birds. It once was found across the South Island in New Zealand but became extinct there, probably due to introduced cats and rats. It survived on one island, Rangatira, in the Chatham Islands, from where it has been introduced to other offshore islands in the Chathams (Mangere Island) and near the North Island. Further releases are planned around New Zealand.

References

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=3145&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]
*cite web | url = http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/TSRP44.pdf| title = New Zealand shore plover recovery plan 2001-2011| year = 2001| publisher = Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand | format = PDF | accessdate = 2007-09-28


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