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  The New Zealand plover, red-breasted plover, or New Zealand dotterel (Charadrius obscurus) is an endangered species found only in certain areas of New Zealand. Its Māori names include tūturiwhatu, pukunui, and kūkuruatu. There are two subspecies, C. o. obscurus in the South Island and C. o. aquilonius in the North Island. A 2015 study found its closest relatives to be other plovers found in New Zealand, the nearest the wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis), which the study found to be in the Charadrius clade, and then the double-banded plover or banded dotterel (Charadrius bicinctus). New Zealand plovers are shorebirds and are usually found on sandy beaches and sandspits or feeding on tidal estuaries. In 1990 these birds were nearing extinction with about 1300 northern dotterels, and about 75 southern dotterels, but conservation measures were effective in raising these numbers to 1700 and 250 respectively by 2005.   Range map from www.oiseaux.net - Ornithological Portal Oiseaux.net
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 Eggs
By Dchandler at the English language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5756576 Breeding Parents lay eggs in the spring and summer. They nest on beaches above the high tide mark, and the nest is just a shallow hole dug in the ground, not made of twigs like a nest in a tree. The chicks hatch about 28 days after the eggs have been laid. Because the nests are on the ground, chicks can walk the day they hatch and can usually fly within 6–8 weeks.  Illustration of chick
By Walter Lawry Buller - Walter Lawry Buller, 1888, A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Page 015,
CC BY-SA 3.0 nz, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7437272 Listen to the New Zealand plover
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
 Status The southerly subspecies, (C. o. obscurus) is now only present on Stewart Island at the southern end of South Island and in 1990 its numbers had reduced to about 62 individual birds. Conservation measures were put in place involving the poisoning of feral cats and the population has gradually risen, with about 250 individuals being recorded in 2005. The northerly subspecies (C. o. aquilonius) has a wider range at the northerly end of the North Island and its population was about 1300 in 1989. It had recovered to about 1700 individuals by 2004 but only as a result of intensive management. The IUCN rates this bird as "Endangered". Conservation status
 Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2.
International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Sighted: (Date of first photo that I could use) 26 October 2017 Location: Kaiaua  New Zealand plover, Red-breasted plover, or New Zealand dotterel - Charadrius obscurus - 26 October 2017 - Kaiaua
Called New Zealand dotterel on New Zealand
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