Hooded Plover
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| Hooded Plover | |
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| Protected breeding sites are located on Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Genus: | Thinornis |
| Species: | T. rubricollis |
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| Thinornis rubricollis (Gmelin, 1789) |
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Charadrius rubricollis Gmelin, 1789 |
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The Hooded Plover (Thinornis rubricollis) is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family. It is endemic to Australia.
Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and coastal saline lagoons. It is threatened by habitat loss.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2006. Thinornis rubricollis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
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