| Shore plover
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| Shore plover male
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Chordata
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| Class:
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Aves
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| Order:
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Charadriiformes
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| Family:
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Charadriidae
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| Genus:
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Thinornis
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| Species:
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T. novaeseelandiae
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| Binomial name
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Thinornis novaeseelandiae
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| Synonyms
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- Charadrius novae Seelandiae "Gmelin, 1789: Syst. Nat., 13th edition 1(2): 684. Based on the 'New Zealand Plover' of Latham 1785, Gen. Synop. Birds 3(1): 206, pl. 83 – Dusky Sound, Fiordland (fide Medway 2008 [2007], Notornis 54: 116)."
- Charadrius Dudoroa "Wagler, 1827: Syst. Avium, Charad.: sp. 14 – New Zealand."
- Charadrius Torquatula "J.R. Forster, 1829: in J.G. Wagler, Isis von Oken, Heft 6: col. 652 – Dusky Sound, Fiordland (fide Medway 2008 [2007], Notornis 54: 116)."
- Hiaticula Novae Seelandiae "(Gmelin); G.R. Gray 1843, in E. Dieffenbach, Travels in N.Z. 2: 195."
- Thinornis novae seelandiae "(Gmelin); G.R.Gray 1845, in Richardson & J.E. Gray (eds), Zool. Voy. 'Erebus' & 'Terror', Birds 1(8): 12, pl. 11."
- Thinornis Rossii "G.R. Gray, 1845: in Richardson & J.E. Gray (eds), Zool. Voy. 'Erebus' & 'Terror', Birds 1(8): 12, pl. 11 – 'Auckland Island', error (fide C.A. Fleming 1982, George Edward Lodge. The unpublished N.Z. bird paintings: 245)."
- Charadrius atricinctus "Ellman, 1861: Zoologist 19: 7469 – New Zealand."
- Thinornis novae zelandiae "(Gmelin); Buller 1865, Essay N.Z. Ornith.: 17. Unjustified emendation."
- Thinornis novae zealandiae "(Gmelin); Sharpe 1896, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 24: 304. Unjustified emendation."
- Thinornis novaeseelandiae "(Gmelin); Mathews & Iredale 1913, Ibis 1 (10th ser.): 253"
- Thinornis novae-seelandiae "(Gmelin); Peters 1934, Check-list Birds World 2: 257."
- Charadrius novaeseelandiae "Gmelin; Holdaway et al. 2001, New Zealand Journ. Zool. 28(2): 133, 178."
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The shore plover (Māori: tūturuatu, Moriori: tchūriwat', Thinornis novaeseelandiae), also known as the shore dotterel, is a small plover endemic to New Zealand. Once found all around the New Zealand coast, it is now restricted to a few offshore islands. It is one of the world's rarest shorebirds, with a population of roughly 250.