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Charadrius melanops Vieillot, 1818 
AphiaID: 366849

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Charadriiformes (Order) > Charadriidae (Family) > Charadrius (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Elseyornis melanops (Vieillot, 1818)
Rank Species
Parent Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  basis of record: Hayman, P., J. Marchant & T. Prater (1986). Shorebirds, An identification guide to the waders of the world, Christopher Helm, London. [details]

additional source: Worthy, T. (2009). Aves (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English black-fronted plover  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:366849
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-08-27 08:12:42Z  created  Decock, Wim
2011-04-04 12:52:34Z  changed  Adriaens, Peter
  
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  Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Charadrius melanops Vieillot, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=366849 on 2013-05-23
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