Sand Plovers and Allies
Anarhynchus
The wrybill or (in Māori) ngutuparore (Anarhynchus frontalis) is a species of plover endemic to New Zealand. It is special since it is the only species of bird in the world with a beak that is bent sideways one way, always to the right (in the Crossbills eg. Loxia pytyopsittacus the tips of the upper and lower mandibles cross because they are bent sideways in opposite directions, sometimes left over right and sometimes the other way)....
24 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 24 known species
Kentish Plover
speciesAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Snowy Plover
speciesAnarhynchus nivosus
Wilson's Plover
speciesAnarhynchus wilsonia
Red-capped Plover
speciesAnarhynchus ruficapillus
Tibetan Sand-Plover
speciesAnarhynchus atrifrons
Greater Sand-Plover
speciesAnarhynchus leschenaultii
Double-banded Plover
speciesAnarhynchus bicinctus
New Zealand Plover
speciesAnarhynchus obscurus
Collared Plover
speciesAnarhynchus collaris
White-fronted Plover
speciesAnarhynchus marginatus
Siberian Sand-Plover
speciesAnarhynchus mongolus
Kittlitz's Plover
speciesAnarhynchus pecuarius
Two-banded Plover
speciesAnarhynchus falklandicus
Wrybill
speciesAnarhynchus frontalis
Mountain Plover
speciesAnarhynchus montanus
Malaysian Plover
speciesAnarhynchus peronii
Javan Plover
speciesAnarhynchus javanicus
White-faced Plover
speciesAnarhynchus dealbatus
Chestnut-banded Plover
speciesAnarhynchus pallidus
Oriental Plover
speciesAnarhynchus veredus
Puna Plover
speciesAnarhynchus alticola
Caspian Plover
speciesAnarhynchus asiaticus
Madagascar Plover
speciesAnarhynchus thoracicus
Saint Helena Plover
speciesAnarhynchus sanctaehelenae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 4899.