Male: Crown, neck, upperparts, greyish-brown. Forehead, sides of face, throat, black. White ring around head above the eyes and across the forecrown. Eyering, red. Underparts, white. Bill, red, with a black tip. Legs, orange.
Female: Like male but forehead, sides of face, throat, dirty brown.
Juveniles: White head and neck with brown-grey cap and eye patch. Bill, brown with an orange base.
Other Names (World)
Shore Plover, Shore Dotterel, New Zealand Dotterel, New Zealand Plover
Shore Dotterel (Thinornis novaeseelandiae) [XC537875]
by id from Mangere Island, Chatham Islands, New Zealand (call)
Shore Dotterel (Thinornis novaeseelandiae) [XC457256]
by Frank Lambert from Rangatira South East Island, Chatham Islands, New Zealand (alarm call, call)
Nest
Under dense vegetation, beach rack or boulders, either on the shore or further inland.