Thinornis
Thinornis | |
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Shore plover | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Charadriidae |
Subfamily: | Charadriinae |
Genus: | Thinornis G.R. Gray, 1845 |
species | |
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Thinornis is a genus of plovers, comprising two extant and threatened species. It is sometimes considered a synonym of Charadrius.
- Hooded dotterel or hooded plover (Thinornis cucullatus)
- Shore plover or shore dotterel (Thinornis novaeseelandiae)
A third species, the Auckland Islands shore plover (Thinornis rossii), known from just one specimen collected in 1840, is now generally considered to be a juvenile shore plover whose location was incorrectly recorded.[1]
References
Further reading
- Les Christidis, Walter Boles: Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. CSIRO Publishing. 2008. ISBN 978-0-643-06511-6
- IOC World Bird List Volume 2
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