Thinornis
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| Thinornis | |
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| Shore Plover | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Subfamily: | Charadriinae |
| Genus: | Thinornis G. R. Gray, 1845 |
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Thinornis is a genus of plovers which consists of two extant species, both of which are threatened. They are variously placed in the genus Charadrius.
- Hooded Plover or Hooded Dotterel (Thinornis rubricollis)
- Shore Plover (Thinornis novaeseelandiae)
A third described species, the Auckland Islands Shore Plover (Thinornis rossi), which is only known by one specimen collected in 1840, is of uncertain status.
[edit] References
- Les Christidis, Walter Boles: Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. CSIRO Publishing. 2008. ISBN 9780643065116
- IOC World Bird List Volume 2
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