a bird of New Zealand.According to Professor Parker, only two genera of this commonbird are to be found in New Zealand. There is no bird bearingthe name in Australia. See Plover and Wry-billedPlover.
1889. Prof. Parker, `Catalogue of New Zealand Exhibition,'p. 116:
«But two genera of the group [Wading Birds] are found only in New Zealand, the Sandplover and the curious Wry-billed Plover.»