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Plovers, Lapwings and Dotterels Subfamily CHARADRIINAE Leach: Plovers and Dotterels Charadriadae Leach, 1820: Eleventh Room 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 & 213-214. 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 Pluvialis Brisson Pluvialis Brisson, 1760: Ornithologie 1: 46, 5: 42 – Type species (by tautonymy) Charadrius pluvialis Linnaeus = Pluvialis apricaria (Linnaeus). Squatarola Cuvier, 1816: Règne Anim. 1: 467 – Type species (by tautonymy) Tringa squatarola Linnaeus = Pluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus). Pluvialis fulva (Gmelin) Pacific Golden Plover Charadrius fulvus Gmelin, 1789: Syst. Nat., 13th edition 1(2): 687. Based on the “Fulvous Plover”of Latham 1785, Gen. Synop. Birds 3(1): 211 – Tahiti, French Polynesia. Charadrius virginicus Lichtenstein, 1823: Verzeich. Doubl., Berlin: 70 – Montevideo, Uruguay. Charadrius Xanthocheilus Wagler, 1827: Syst. Avium, Charad: sp. 36 – no locality. Charadrius virginianus Jardine & Selby, 1830: Illust. Ornith. 2: pl. 85 – North America. Charadrius xanthocheilus Wagler; G.R. Gray 1843, in E. Dieffenbach, Travels in N.Z. 2: 195. Charadrius Virginicus Bechstein [sic]; G.R. Gray 1844, List Specimens Birds Brit. Mus. 3: 67. Charadrius virginianus Jardine & Selby; G.R. Gray 1845, in Richardson & J.E. Gray (eds), Zool. Voy. ‘Erebus’ & ‘Terror’, Birds 1(8): 11. Charadrius dominicus; Buller 1905, Suppl. Birds N.Z. 1: 174. Not Charadrius dominicus Statius Müller, 1776. luvialis [sic] dominicus fulvus (Gmelin); Mathews & Iredale 1913, Ibis 1 (10th ser.): 252. Pluvialis dominicus fulvus (Gmelin); Iredale 1913, Trans. Proc. N.Z. Inst. 45: 85. Pluvialis dominicanus [sic]; Stidolph 1927, Emu 26: 217. Not Charadrius dominicus Statius Müller, 1776. Charadrius dominicus fulvus Gmelin; Checklist Committee 1953, Checklist N.Z. Birds: 42. Pluvialis dominicus; Lindsay 1963, Notornis 10: 303. Not Charadrius dominicus Statius Müller, 1776. Pluvialis dominica; Wakelin 1968, Notornis 15: 163. Not Charadrius dominicus Statius Müller, 1776. Pluvialis dominica fulva (Gmelin); Checklist Committee 1970, Annot. Checklist Birds N.Z.: 44. Pluvialis fulva (Gmelin); Checklist Committee 1990, Checklist Birds N.Z.: 138. Breeds on arctic and subarctic tundra of Siberia and western Alaska. Migrates south on broad front to many countries, including Australasia and most Pacific islands. The East Asian–Australasian Flyway population is estimated at 90,000 birds, of which c. 9000 migrate to Australia. The fourth most numerous arctic wader visiting New Zealand, with c. 650 every summer. Widespread at many harbours and estuaries and some lakes throughout New Zealand (Sagar et al. 1999, Medway 2000c). Regular summer visitor to Norfolk (Moore 1999), Kermadec (Veitch et al. 2004) and Chatham Islands (Aikman & Miskelly 2004). Straggles to Auckland Islands. .
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