Population Estimate: 4.5K - 5K, Vulnerable status
Range / Habitat: Endemic to New Zealand, where it breeds in the braided river beds of Canterbury and Otago. Then migrates to estuaries of of the North Island, especially Firth of Thames, Manukau and Kaipara.
Field Notes: Small, stocky, pale very wader with short neck and black bill with tip curved to the right. Breeding adults with black neck band. Underparts white, legs grey.
Personal Notes: Seen at Miranda Shorebird Center, outside Auckland.
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