Black-fronted dotterel
| Black-fronted dotterel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Genus: | Thinornis |
| Species: | T. melanops
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| Binomial name | |
| Thinornis melanops (Vieillot, 1818)
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| Resident | |
| Synonyms | |
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Charadrius melanops | |
The black-fronted dotterel (Thinornis melanops) is a small plover in the family Charadriidae that is found throughout much of Australia and New Zealand.