Thinornis is a genus of plovers, comprising two extant and threatened species. It is sometimes considered a synonym of Charadrius. * Hooded dotterel or hooded plover (Thinornis cucullatus) * Shore plover or shore dotterel (Thinornis novaeseelandiae) A third species, the Auckland Islands shore plover (Thinornis rossii), known from just one specimen collected in 1840, is now generally considered to be a juvenile shore plover whose location was incorrectly recorded.