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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Shore plover
Hooded plover
Thinornis is a genus of plovers which consists of two extant and threatened species. They are variously placed in the genus Charadrius.
- Hooded dotterel or hooded plover (Thinornis cucullatus)
- Shore dotterel or 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.
References
- 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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