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Alternative names: New Zealand Dotterel; Red-breasted Dotterel

Charadrius obscurus

Photo by Janha
Location: Coromandel, New Zealand

[edit] Identification

Breeding adult

• Brown upperparts
• Underparts from pale buff to rufous

[edit] Distribution

New Zealand endemic.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies¹

• C. o. aquilonius - North I. (New Zealand)
• C. o. obscurus - Stewart I. (New Zealand)

[edit] Habitat

Shore birds found on beaches and by estuaries.

[edit] Status

Classified as Endangered in the 2008 IUCN red List (BirdLife International, 2008) due to its small population and limited range; predation by introduced predators is the major threat.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2008. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
2. BirdLife International (2008) Species factsheet: Charadrius obscurus. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 19/6/2008.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID