There are thought to be as few as 1700 tūturiwhatu remaining. They are particularly vulnerable as their coastal habitats are also preferable for urban development, and exposed to erosion, wave surges and mammalian predators from rats, to cats, stoats and hedgehogs (known to travel large distances every night eating eggs from their shallow nests - typically just a hole in the sand - as they go). The Southern NZ Dotteral subspecies, pictured here with breeding plumage, is now only found on Stewart Island with thanks to conservation efforts to eradicate cats. It is listed by the IUCN Redlist as Critically Endangered with only 60 - 80 mature individuals remaining.

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