New Zealand Plover

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q636452
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Summary

New Zealand Plover is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (217 views/month, #1,596 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • New Zealand Plover's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • New Zealand Plover is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • New Zealand Plover's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Critically Endangered[5].
  • New Zealand Plover belongs to the parent taxon Charadrius[6].
  • New Zealand Plover is endemic to New Zealand[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, New Zealand Plover is Charadrius obscurus[8].
  • New Zealand Plover's Commons category is recorded as Charadrius obscurus[9].
  • New Zealand Plover's short name is recorded as C. obscurus[10].
  • New Zealand Plover is commonly known as New Zealand Plover[11].
  • New Zealand Plover is commonly known as Berg-Maoriregenpfeifer[12].
  • New Zealand Plover is commonly known as Chorlito maorí de Isla Sur[13].
  • New Zealand Plover is commonly known as corriol maori de l'illa Sud[14].
  • New Zealand Plover is commonly known as kulík novozélandský[15].
  • New Zealand Plover is commonly known as punarind-tüll[16].
  • New Zealand Plover is commonly known as Rustbuklo[17].
  • New Zealand Plover is commonly known as Маорийский зуёк[18].
  • New Zealand Plover is commonly known as ニュージーランドチドリ[19].
  • New Zealand Plover is commonly known as Newzealandsk Præstekrave[20].
  • New Zealand Plover is commonly known as uudenseelanninkurmitsa[21].
  • New Zealand Plover is commonly known as sieweczka nowozelandzka[22].
  • New Zealand Plover is commonly known as kulík maorský[23].
  • New Zealand Plover is commonly known as maoripipare[24].
  • New Zealand Plover is commonly known as Rosse Plevier[25].
  • New Zealand Plover is commonly known as Pluvier roux[26].
  • New Zealand Plover is commonly known as Corriere pettorosso[27].

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Classification

New Zealand Plover's scientific name is Charadrius obscurus[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Charadrius[6]. Recorded taxon common name include it[11], Berg-Maoriregenpfeifer[12], Chorlito maorí de Isla Sur[13], corriol maori de l'illa Sud[14], kulík novozélandský[15], and punarind-tüll[16].

Distribution

New Zealand Plover is endemic to New Zealand[7].

Identifiers

New Zealand Plover's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 4829[28]. New Zealand Plover's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1424469[29]. New Zealand Plover's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1049098[30]. New Zealand Plover's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2480305[31]. New Zealand Plover's ITIS TSN is recorded as 176536[32].

Why It Matters

New Zealand Plover ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (217 views/month, #1,596 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Cloventt · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Audio → Nz-dotterel-song.wav
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  2. 23w ago · Couiros22 · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Charadrius obscurus obscurus, Tin Range, Stewart Island, New, Charadrius obscurus kz1.jpg
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Iucn conservation status → Critically Endangered
    Mass → {'amount': '+21.7'}, {'amount': '+160'}, {'amount': '+110'}
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