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;[[:Category:Anarhynchus|Anarhynchus]] frontalis | ;[[:Category:Anarhynchus|Anarhynchus]] frontalis | ||
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[[Image:Wrybill.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by Roy 191]] | [[Image:Wrybill.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by Roy 191]] | ||
| − | [[Image:d06_0157.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by | + | [[Image:d06_0157.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by nom de ploom<br />Miranda Sanctuary, [[New Zealand]]]] |
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
A small, drab shorebird with white underbody and gray upperparts. Gray eyeline, white supercilliary extending to forehead. Partial (summer) or full (winter, breeding) dark gray collar. Black legs. Most distinctive feature '''unique among bird species in the world''', is the dark, sharp bill that curves to the side. | A small, drab shorebird with white underbody and gray upperparts. Gray eyeline, white supercilliary extending to forehead. Partial (summer) or full (winter, breeding) dark gray collar. Black legs. Most distinctive feature '''unique among bird species in the world''', is the dark, sharp bill that curves to the side. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | Endemic to [[New Zealand]]. | + | Endemic to [[New Zealand]]: breeds in northern river beds on [[South Island]]; winters on [[North Island]]. |
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| + | This is a very uncommon bird, with a population of only around 5000 individuals. It can be reliably found during the southern hemisphere winter (May-Aug) at the Miranda Sanctuary at the Firth of Thames, south of Aukland (North Island). | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | + | A monotypic species. | |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Coastal mudflats. | Coastal mudflats. | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | Always in flocks. Similar to other tidal flat plovers, it forages in the mud in large groups that often fly en masse when alarmed, often returning often to the same area to continue feeding. | + | Always in flocks. Similar to other tidal flat plovers, it forages in the mud in large groups that often fly en masse when alarmed, often returning often to the same area to continue feeding. Often stands on one leg. |
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===Diet=== | ===Diet=== | ||
Sandhoppers, mudworms, etc. | Sandhoppers, mudworms, etc. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Anarhynchus+frontalis}} | {{GSearch|Anarhynchus+frontalis}} | ||
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*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=39&bid=511 View more images of this species on the ABID] | *[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=39&bid=511 View more images of this species on the ABID] | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Anarhynchus] | + | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Anarhynchus]] |
Revision as of 05:23, 22 July 2008
- Anarhynchus frontalis
Identification
A small, drab shorebird with white underbody and gray upperparts. Gray eyeline, white supercilliary extending to forehead. Partial (summer) or full (winter, breeding) dark gray collar. Black legs. Most distinctive feature unique among bird species in the world, is the dark, sharp bill that curves to the side.
Distribution
Endemic to New Zealand: breeds in northern river beds on South Island; winters on North Island.
Population
This is a very uncommon bird, with a population of only around 5000 individuals. It can be reliably found during the southern hemisphere winter (May-Aug) at the Miranda Sanctuary at the Firth of Thames, south of Aukland (North Island).
Taxonomy
A monotypic species.
Habitat
Coastal mudflats.
Behaviour
Always in flocks. Similar to other tidal flat plovers, it forages in the mud in large groups that often fly en masse when alarmed, often returning often to the same area to continue feeding. Often stands on one leg.
Diet
Sandhoppers, mudworms, etc.
