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Red-breasted Plover (aquilonius)
Anarhynchus obscurus aquilonius Dowding, JE 1994
The northern New Zealand dotterel or northern red-breasted plover is a shorebird which breeds exclusively on beaches in New Zealand's North Island. Source: Wikipedia
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Charadriiformes
Family:
Charadriidae
Genus:
Anarhynchus
Scientific:
Anarhynchus obscurus aquilonius
Classification
Order:Charadriiformes
Family:
Charadriidae
Genus:
Anarhynchus
Scientific:
Anarhynchus obscurus aquilonius
Original description
Citation:
Dowding, JE 1994
Reference:
Notornis
41 p.230
Protonym:
Charadrius obscurus aquilonius
Type locality:
Mangere International Airport, Auckland, early October 1960
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
3313E06840986A71
Avibase ID:
avibase-3313E068
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/3313E068
Taxonomic Serial Number:
English:
Red-breasted Plover (aquilonius)
French:
Pluvier roux (aquilonius)
Red-breasted Plover (aquilonius)
French:
Pluvier roux (aquilonius)
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Red-breasted Plover (aquilonius) ( Anarhynchus obscurus aquilonius) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Red-breasted Plover (aquilonius) ( Charadrius obscurus aquilonius) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Red-breasted Plover (aquilonius) ( Charadrius obscurus aquilonius) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Red-breasted Plover (aquilonius) ( Anarhynchus obscurus aquilonius) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Red-breasted Plover (aquilonius) ( Charadrius obscurus aquilonius) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Red-breasted Plover (aquilonius) ( Charadrius obscurus aquilonius) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Red-breasted Plover (aquilonius) ( Charadrius obscurus aquilonius) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Red-breasted Plover (aquilonius) ( Charadrius obscurus aquilonius) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Red-breasted Plover (aquilonius) ( Charadrius obscurus aquilonius) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Red-breasted Plover (aquilonius) ( Charadrius obscurus aquilonius) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Red-breasted Plover (aquilonius) ( Charadrius obscurus aquilonius) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Red-breasted Plover (aquilonius) ( Charadrius obscurus aquilonius) |
| Avilist 2025: Anarhynchus obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Northern Red-breasted Plover ( Charadrius aquilonius) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Northern Red-breasted Plover ( Charadrius aquilonius) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Northern New Zealand Dotterel ( Charadrius aquilonius) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Northern New Zealand Dotterel ( Charadrius aquilonius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Northern Red-breasted Plover ( Charadrius aquilonius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Northern Red-breasted Plover ( Charadrius aquilonius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Northern Red-breasted Plover ( Charadrius aquilonius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Northern Red-breasted Plover ( Charadrius aquilonius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Northern Red-breasted Plover ( Charadrius aquilonius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Northern Red-breasted Plover ( Charadrius aquilonius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Northern Red-breasted Plover ( Charadrius aquilonius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Northern Red-breasted Plover ( Charadrius aquilonius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Northern Red-breasted Plover ( Charadrius aquilonius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Northern Red-breasted Plover ( Charadrius aquilonius) |
| Clements, version 2021: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Anarhynchus obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Anarhynchus obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Anarhynchus obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Red-breasted Dotterel (Northern) ( Charadrius obscurus aquilonius) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Red-breasted Dotterel (Northern) ( Charadrius obscurus aquilonius) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Red-breasted Dotterel (Northern) ( Charadrius obscurus aquilonius) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Red-breasted Dotterel (Northern) ( Charadrius obscurus aquilonius) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Red-breasted Dotterel (Northern) ( Charadrius obscurus aquilonius) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Red-breasted Dotterel (Northern) ( Anarhynchus obscurus aquilonius) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Red-breasted Dotterel (Northern) ( Anarhynchus obscurus aquilonius) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Red-breasted Dotterel (Northern) ( Anarhynchus obscurus aquilonius) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Northern Red-breasted Plover ( Charadrius aquilonius) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Northern Red-breasted Plover ( Charadrius aquilonius) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Northern Red-breasted Plover ( Charadrius aquilonius) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Northern Red-breasted Plover ( Charadrius aquilonius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Charadrius obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Anarhynchus obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Anarhynchus obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Anarhynchus obscurus aquilonius [version 1] |
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Rooiborsstrandkiewiet (Noordelike)
Azerbaijani: Yeni Zelandiya bozcası (aquilonius yarımnövü)
Bulgarian: Ръждив дъждосвирец (ssp. aquilonius)
Catalan: corriol de l'illa del Sud (aquilonius), Corriol maori de l'illa Nord
Czech: kulík rezavý (ssp. aquilonius)
Danish: Newzealandsk Præstekrave (Nordø)
German: Maoriregenpfeifer (aquilonius), Strand-Maoriregenpfeifer
English: New Zealand Plover (Northern), Northern New Zealand Dotterel, Northern Red-breasted Plover, Red-breasted Dotterel (Northern), Red-breasted Plover (aquilonius)
[ENAV]: Red-breasted Dotterel (Northern)
English, HBW: Northern Red-breasted Plover
English (IOC): New Zealand Plover (Northern)
English (New Zealand): New Zealand Dotterel (Northern)
English (United States): Red-breasted Dotterel (Northern)
Spanish: Chorlito maorí de Isla Norte, Chorlito Maorí de Isla Sur (aquilonius)
Spanish (Spain): Chorlito maorí de Isla Sur (aquilonius)
Estonian: punarind-tüll (ssp. aquilonius)
Finnish: uudenseelanninkurmitsa (aquilonius)
French: Gravelot aquilonaire, Pluvier aquilonaire, Pluvier roux (aquilonius)
[FRFR]: Gravelot roux (aquilonius)
French (Guyane): Gravelot roux (aquilonius)
French (Guadeloupe): Gravelot roux (aquilonius)
Croatian: kestenjastoprsi kulik (sjeverni)
Italian: Corriere pettorosso settentrionale
Japanese (romaji): nyu-ji-randochidori (aquilonius)
Japanese: ニュージーランドチドリ (aquilonius), ニュージーランドチドリ（aquilonius）
Scientific: Anarhynchus obscurus aquilonius, Charadrius aquilonius, Charadrius glareola aquilonius, Charadrius obscurus aquilonius, Pluvialis obscura aquilonius, Pluviorhynchus obscurus aquilonius
Maori: Tūturiwhatu | Northern New Zealand Dotterel
Dutch: (Noordelijke) rosse plevier
Norwegian: rustbuklo (aquilonius)
Polish: sieweczka nowozelandzka (aquilonius)
Portuguese (Portugal): borrelho-maori-do-sul (aquilonius)
Russian: Маорийский зуёк (aquilonius)
Slovak: kulík hrdzavoprsý (skup.)
Serbian: Crvenogrudi žalar (severni)
Swedish: maoripipare (aquilonius)
Turkish: Yeni Zelanda cılıbıtı (aquilonius)
Ukrainian: Пісочник маорійський (підвид aquilonius)
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