Saint Helena plover
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The Saint Helena plover, locally known as the wirebird due to its thin legs, is a small wader endemic to the island of Saint Helena in the mid-Atlantic. The bird is similar in appearance to Kittlitz's
Charadrius sanctaehelenae
The wirebird's nest and egg
Saint Helena
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Saint Helena is a volcanic tropical island located in the South Atlantic Ocean, west of Africa. The nearest countries geographically are Angola and Namibia. The island is about 1,860 km west of Angola
Saint Helena plover
…The Saint Helena plover (Anarhynchus sanctaehelenae), locally known as the wirebird due to its thin legs, is a small wader endemic to the island of Saint Helena in the mid-Atlantic. The bird is similar in appearance to Kittlitz's plover and the Madagascar plover, but a little larger and an absence of chamois…
João da Nova, a Galician navigator serving the Portuguese Empire, was the first person to sight Saint Helena.
A View of the Town and Island of Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to the British East India Company, engraving, c. 1790
Painting of Napoleon in exile on Saint Helena
Longwood House in September 2014