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Thinornis novaeseelandiae

natural science
  • Common Name
    Shore Plover
  • Field Collection Place
  • Field Collection Date
    15 Feb 1996
  • Accession Number
    LB8942
  • Accession Date
    Pre 2002
  • Other Id

    Tax. 96-015

    C-52517 (bird band)

  • Department
Thinornis novaeseelandiae, LB8942, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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Natural Science Specimen

  • Scientific Name
    Thinornis novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, 1789)
  • Classification
  • Order
  • Family
  • Genus
  • Species
  • Specimen Category
  • Sex
    female
  • Field Collection Place
  • Locality Description
    NZ
  • Field Collection Date
    15 Feb 1996
  • Field Collection latitude/longitude
    -42.28608, 172.78814 (± 1000 km)
    172.78814, 172.78814 (± 1000 km)

  • Measurement Reading

    30g (autopsied - stomach, etc. missing; chest bones chopped open)

    110mm

    58mm

    25.2mm

    23.7mm

    10 x 4.5mm (ova range 2.0-<0.5mm dia., creamy-brown coloration; oviduct loose but not convoluted)

  • Last Update
    28 Feb 2024

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