What is Saint Helena plover?
{{Taxobox |name =Saint Helena plover |image =Charadrius sanctaehelenae (1).jpg |status =CR |status_system =IUCN3.1 |status_ref =<ref>{{IUCN|id=106003123 |title=''Charadrius sanctaehelenae'' |assessors=BirdLife International |version=2012.1 |year=2012 |accessdate=6 May 2012}}</ref> |regnum =[[Animal]]ia |classis =[[Bird|Aves]] |ordo =[[Charadriiformes]] |family =[[Charadriidae]] |genus =''[[Charadrius]]'' |binomial =''Charadrius sanctaehelenae''}} The '''Saint Helena plover''' (''Charadrius sanctaehelenae''), locally known as the '''wirebird''', is a small bird (a [[plover]]) [[endemic]] to the island of [[Saint Helena]]. The bird was first mentioned in 1638, and is the [[List of national birds|national bird]] of Saint Helena;<ref>{{cite web |title=Fauna - What do Do |url=http://www.sthelenatourism.com/pages/fauna.html |publisher=St Helena Tourism |access-date=6 May 2013 |archive-date=8 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508042828/http://www.sthelenatourism.com/pages/fauna.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> it appears on the top half of the island's [[coat of arms]]. Some older coins of Saint Helena (before 1998) have the Wirebird on its reverse. == Description and biology == The Saint Helena plover is the only bird species endemic to the South [[Atlantic]] island of Saint Helena that is still living. It is a small bird (length: 15 cm) with long and thin legs, like [[wire]]s; because of that, the bird is known as ''wirebird'' in Saint Helena.<ref name=iucn>{{cite web |url= http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/106003123/0 |title= ''Charadrius sanctaehelenae'' (Saint Helena Plover, St Helena Plover, St. Helena Plover, Wirebird) |work= IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012 |access-date= 15 May 2013 |archive-date= 31 August 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130831000632/http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/106003123/0 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Aegialitis sanctaehelenae |url=http://www.u