Shore Plover

The Shore Plover is an endangered species with a world population of around 200 birds. It once was found across the South Island in New Zealand but became extinct there, probably due to the predations of introduced cats and rats. It survived on one island, Rangatira, in the Chatham Islands, from where it has been introduced to other offshore islands in the Chathams and near the North Island.

The Shore Plover is classified as Endangered (EN), considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Shore Plover (Thinornis novaeseelandiae) is a small species (20 cm in length, 60g) of Plover endemic to New Zealand. Its Māori name is Tuturuatu. The Shore Plover is an endangered species with a world population of around 200 birds. It once was found across the South Island in New Zealand but became extinct there, probably due to the predations of introduced cats and rats. More

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Shore Plover - Thinornis novaeseelandiae - UNEP-WCMC logo WWF logo Chevron logo Shore Plover - Thinornis novaeseelandiae. IUCN STATUS CATEGORY Endangered HABITAT Confined to coastal rock platforms and salt marshland. GEOGRAPHICAL SPREAD Endemic to New Zealand, this species has been restricted to the small (2sq. km) South East Island (Rangatira) in the Chatham Islands for the past 75 years. More

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The Auckland Islands Shore Plover (Thinornis rossi), also called the Auckland Island Shore Plover or Ross’s Plover, is a small extinct plover known only from one specimen, apparently collected in the Auckland Islands in 1840 by the crew of HMS Erebus, and now in the collection of the British Natural History Museum. Its status as a taxon separate from the Shore Plover is uncertain. Charles Fleming speculated about whether the lone specimen represented an unknown intermediate plumage, a melanistic mutant or a separate species. More

The shore plover (Tuturuata) Thinornis novaeseelandiae is a rare endemic bird (the main population is estimated at 110 to 140), which breeds primarily on Rangatira (South East Island) in the Chathams. They disappeared from the mainland shortly after the arrival of cats and rats, with the the last sighting being in 1871 in the Otago region. More

Oliver also records the breeding habits of the shore plover on South East Island. “Nest sites are remarkable for their diversity in all but one feature. With one exception, all the seventeen nests examined were in some way sheltered from above and entered from the sides. The most frequent nest sites werre crevices under piles of bouylders near the shoreline and crannies under larger rock masses resting on grassy ground above the beach. More

Shore Plover on Mana Island, off the west coast of Wellington, New Zealand. 1 chick fledged in 2008 - 5 in 2009 The project is showing early signs of success. A pair from among 41 juveniles introduced to the island in 2007 hatched and fledged a chick during 2008, and five more young Shore Plovers have fledged in 2009. The first chick was born to one-year-old parents. Shore Plovers normally breed from two years. More

Shore Plover- Thinornis novaeseelandiae 03/30/08 by * Sources Reference Sources * Title: shore plover recovery plan entered by Katell Jaouannet Authors: More

1773 discovered shore plovers (Thinornis novaeseelandiae, tuturuatu) in Dusky Sound and Queen Charlotte Sound. Unwittingly these explorers sowed the seeds of the birds’ extinction on the mainland, as Norway rats came ashore from the ships and began devouring the easy prey. On the mainland the last shore plover was seen in 1871, but a population survived on South East Island in the Chatham Islands. More

birds Shore Plovers at Motuora Island in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland, the birds to be transferred south will be raised at DOC’s Mount Bruce Wildlife Centre and the Isaac Wildlife Trust in Christchurch. DOC currently has seven pairs at Mt Bruce, and the Isaac Wildlife Trust has three pairs. "The Shore Plover is one of several threatened New Zealand bird species which are being saved from extinction through reintroduction to mammalian predator-free islands. More

during 2008, and five more young Shore Plovers have fledged in 2009. The first chick was born to one-year-old parents. Shore Plovers normally breed from two years. The sole natural breeding population of Shore Plover is on Rangatira (South East) Island in the Chatham Islands. The species was once widespread around the coast of New Zealand’s South Island, but had been extirpated by the 1870s. Their global population is estimated to be less than 250 birds, with a total range of just 4 km2. More

Shore Plover (Thinornis novaeseelandiae) by Frank Lambert. More

Shore Plover calls at tideline on rocks Thinornis novaeseelandiae (0:28) Frank Lambert XC34717 7Dec 2000, New Zealand page 1 © 2005-2010 Xeno-canto Foundation. More

> Shore plover breeding on Mana Island In this section: - * Media releases * 2008 Shore plover breeding on Mana Island = See also: Find out more about more about New Zealand’s wading birds on the website of Te Ara: The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand Mana Island Scientific Reserve Pukaha Mount More