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| Photographed at Shakespear Nature Reserve, June 2017 |
1184 NEW ZELAND DOTTEREL Charadrius obscurus
NEW ZEALAND 14
Locally common endemic; c. 2200 birds of northern subspecies are found around the coasts of the North Island; c. 250 birds of the southern subspecies found mainly on Stewart Island and Southland. 20 cm. Found on beaches, sand spits, estuaries and on Stewart Island breed on mountain tops.
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