Text extracted from Gill B.J.; Bell, B.D.; Chambers, G.K.; Medway, D.G.; Palma, R.L.; Scofield, R.P.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Worthy, T.H. 2010. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. 4th edition. Wellington, Te Papa Press and Ornithological Society of New Zealand. Pages 191, 213 & 215-216.

Order CHARADRIIFORMES: Waders, Gulls and Terns The family sequence of Christidis & Boles (1994), who adopted that of Sibley et al. (1988) and Sibley & Monroe (1990), is followed here.

Family CHARADRIIDAE Leach: Plovers, Lapwings and Dotterels Subfamily CHARADRIINAE Leach: Plovers and Dotterels Charadriadae Leach, 1820: Eleventh room. In Synopsis Contents British Museum 17th Edition, London: 69 – Type genus Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758.

Christidis & Boles (1994) based their sequence of genera in the Charadriidae on Christian et al. (1992). Within each genus, they followed the sequence of species in Hayman et al. (1986) and Sibley & Monroe (1990). The same sequences are followed here.

Genus Charadrius Linnaeus Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758: Syst. Nat., 10th edition 1: 150 – Type species (by tautonymy) Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus. Aegialitis Boie, 1822: Isis von Oken, Heft 5: col. 558 – Type species (by subsequent designation) Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus. Eupoda Brandt, 1845: in Tchihatcheff, Voy. Sci. Altai Orient.: 444 – Type species (by monotypy) Charadrius asiaticus Pallas. Ochthodromus Reichenbach, 1852: Avium Syst. Nat. 3: 18 – Type species (by original designation) Charadrius wilsonia Ord. Cirrepidesmus Bonaparte, 1856: Compt. Rend. Séa. Acad. Sci., Paris 43: 417 – Type species (by tautonymy) Charadrius cirrhepidesmus Wagler = Charadrius atrifrons Wagler. Leucopolius Bonaparte, 1856: Compt. Rend. Séa. Acad. Sci., Paris 43: 417 – Type species (by subsequent designation) Charadrius marginatus Vieillot. Pluviorhynchus Bonaparte, 1856: Compt. Rend. Séa. Acad. Sci., Paris 43: 417 – Type species (by subsequent designation) Charadrius obscurus Gmelin. Hyetoceryx Heine & Reichenow, 1890: Nom. Mus. Hein. Ornith.: 336. Unnecessary nomen novum for Pluviorhynchus Bonaparte, 1856. Pagoa Mathews, 1913: Birds Australia 3: 82 – Type species (by original designation) Charadrius geoffroyi Wagler = Charadrius leschenaultii Lesson. Eupodella Mathews, 1913: Birds Australia 3: 83. Unnecessary nomen novum for Eupoda Brandt, 1845. Nesoceryx Mathews, 1920: Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club 41: 35 – Type species (by original designation) Charadrius bicinctus Jardine & Selby.

Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte, 1825: Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 5(1): 98 – no locality. Charadrius hiaticula; Checklist Committee 1990, Checklist Birds N.Z.: 135. Not Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758. Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte; Scofield 2005, Southern Bird 23: 7.

Breeds in Alaska and Canada. Winters from southern California to southern Argentina and Chile. Vagrant to New Zealand. One record: Firth of Thames 1983–85. Two single birds, seen in the Firth of Thames in 1970–71 (Brown et al. 1971) and in 1983–85 (Howell 1985, 1986, 1987), have previously been considered to be ringed plovers Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758 (Checklist Committee 1990). However, these records have recently been re-examined by the Rare Birds Committee and rejected. Therefore, ringed plover is removed from the New Zealand list. The Committee was not satisfied as to the identity of the 1970–71 bird, but accepted that the bird in the 1983–85 record was a semipalmated plover, thereby adding this species to the New Zealand list (Scofield 2005a).