Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:8f1f6ed7-694a-4c50-bfae-fe8e78568e66

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

Data Links

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WMS

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http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Thinornis rubricollis
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Species presence: Recorded In Australia

Conservation status: WAPriority Four; IUCNNear Threatened; NSWCritically Endangered; SAVulnerable

Occurrence records map

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Source: Wikipedia

Description

The Hooded Dotterel is medium in size for a plover, stocky, and pale in color. Its length is 190–230 mm (7.5–9.1 in) and its wing-span 230–440 mm (9.1–17 in). It has a black hood and throat with a white collar. Its red bill has a black tip. It has a red eye ring and orange legs. Underparts are white. ... source: Wikipedia

Plovers are small to medium-sized shorebirds with short bills, large eyes and rounded heads. The Hooded Plover is a medium-sized, stocky, pale-coloured plover, 19 - 23 cm in length with a wing-span of 26 - 44 cm. It is unmistakable in having a prominent black hood and throat, a white collar, and a contrasting black-tipped red bill, a red eye-ring and short orange legs. ... source: Office of Environment and Heritage

Online resources

Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness - Sightings: Images, Occurrence record
Birds in Backyards: Distribution, Habitat, Diet, Reproduction, Similar Species, Distribution Map
Birdway: Images
Encyclopedia of Life: Description, Images
Flickr EOL: Images, Occurrence record
OZ Animals
Office of Environment and Heritage: Description, Distribution, Habitat, Threats
Wikipedia: Description, Distribution, Reference, Images

Species Lists

Birds of Western Australia: Common name: Hooded Plover; Family: Charadriidae
state listed spp (non EPBC)
Birds Australia Sensitive Species List

Images

Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness - Sightings

Names and sources

Accepted name	Source
Thinornis rubricollis	Australian Faunal Directory

Synonyms

Synonyms	Source
Charadrius rubricollis Gmelin, 1789	Australian Faunal Directory
Charadrius cucullatus Vieillot, 1818	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Vieillot, L.P. 1818. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, appliquée aux arts, principalement à l'Agriculture, à l'Écomomie rurale et domestique, à la Médecine, etc. Par une société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. Nouvelle Édition Paris : Déterville Vol. 27
Charadrius monachus Wagler, 1827	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Wagler, J.G. 1827. Systema Avium. Charadrius Stuttgart and Tubingen : J.G. Cottae
Charadrius cucullatus torbayi Mathews, 1912	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Mathews, G.M. 1912. Additions and corrections to my Reference List to the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Rec. Vol. 1 (2) pp. 25-52
Charadrius cucullatus tregellasi Mathews, 1912	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novit. Zool. Vol. 18 pp. 171-455

Common Names

Common name	Source
Hooded Plover Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	International Union for Conservation of Nature Department of Environment and Conservation Department of Environment and Natural Resources Office of Environment and Heritage Port Phillip Marine Life Office of Environment and Heritage Australian Faunal Directory Birds Australia
Hooded Dotterel Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	OZ Animals International Union for Conservation of Nature Australian Faunal Directory

Working classification

kingdom: ANIMALIA

Occurrence records

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Charts showing breakdown of occurrence records

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Record maps from other sources

Source: Birds in Backyards

Name references found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library

Name references found in the TROVE - NLA

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Thinornis rubricollis (Gmelin, 1789)

Hooded Plover