Object: Auckland Island Banded Dotterel, Charadrius bicinctus exilis Falla, 1978; holotype
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Registration Number  OR.013071
Phylum  Chordata
Class  Aves
Order  Charadriiformes
Family  Charadriidae
Scientific NameType Status
Charadrius bicinctus exilis Falla, 1978holotype
Identified By  Falla, Robert A
Identified Date  1978
Common / Maori name  Auckland Island Banded Dotterel, Banded Dotterel, Tuturiwhatu, Plover
Country collected  New Zealand
Region collected  Auckland Islands
Precise locality  Adams Island
Collected By  Turbott, Graham
Date collected  28 Aug 1944
Section  Birds

Holotype of Auckland Island banded dotterel (Charadrius bicinctus exilis), adult male collected on Adams Island, Auckland Islands byGraham Turbott on 28 August 1944.

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