Image of Vanellus miles novaehollandiae Stephens 1819
Description:
Spur-winged plover family at the Mitre 10 'fire site' - 2 adults, 4 chicks recently hatched. Chicks were foraging/drinking from puddles in car park area. Parents threatened by photographer would hide chicks under their wings, photos 4, 5, 6, 7. New Zealand dotterel pair have also hatched chicks at this location, and flew overhead at the time photos of SWP were taken. Pied stilts have also hatched chicks at the location. Adult birds fly across nearby motorway to Manukau Harbour foreshore to forage.
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Chordata (Chordates)
- Vertebrata (vertebrates)
- Gnathostomata (jawed fish)
- Osteichthyes (bony fish)
- Sarcopterygii (Lobe-finned fishes)
- Tetrapoda (terrestrial vertebrates)
- Amniota (amniote)
- Reptilia (Reptiles)
- Diapsida (diapsid)
- Archosauromorpha (archosauromorph)
- Archosauria (archosaur)
- Dinosauria (dinosaurs and birds)
- Saurischia (saurischian)
- Theropoda (theropods)
- Tetanurae (tetanuran theropod)
- Coelurosauria (coelurosaur)
- Maniraptoriformes
- Maniraptora (maniraptoran)
- Aves (birds)
- Ornithurae
- Neornithes
- Neognathae
- Neoaves
- Charadriiformes (shorebirds and relatives)
- Charadriidae (plovers and relatives)
- Vanellus (Lapwing)
- Vanellus miles (Masked lapwing)
- Vanellus miles novaehollandiae
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