Shore plover  (Thinornis novaeseelandiae)

Range

Endemic to New Zealand and once widespread on coastal areas of South Island and the Chatham Islands. Rangatira (South East) Island was thought to be the only known location of the species since the 1930s (2), until an additional population was discovered in 1999 on a small island/reef also within the Chatham group (5). It is likely that the two populations have been separate for over 100 years (5).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

Inhabits coastal rock platforms and salt marshland (2).

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