Plovers (Charadriidae)
American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica) - HBW 3, p. 424
French: Pluvier bronzé
German: Amerikanischer Goldregenpfeifer
Spanish: Chorlito Dorado Americano
Other common names: Lesser Golden Plover
Taxonomy: Charadrius Dominicus P. L. S. Müller, 1776, Hispaniola.
Forms superspecies with P. fulva, with which formerly considered conspecific (see page 386). Monotypic.
Distribution: W Alaska E through N Canada to Baffin I. Winters in South America S to Tierra del Fuego.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
-
A vagrant bird walking in a field, preening in the end. Locality Texel, North Holland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 10 October 2009 34 weeks ago 28 sec 3.8 -
breeding Locality Parque Barigui, Curitiba, Paraná State, Brazil
Leonardo R. Deconto 8 September 2010 1 year ago 51 sec 3.8 -
A bird in non-breeding plumage walking on a rocky riverbed Locality Mouth of Lluta River, Lluta River, Arica, Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 October 2003 7 years ago 16 sec 3.7 -
A vagrant first winter feeding and preening with Eurasian Golden Plovers Locality Lancashire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 4 November 1995 27 weeks ago 1 min 39 sec 3.6 -
A vagrant bird in transitional plumage in an agricultural field. Locality Texel, North Holland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 10 October 2009 34 weeks ago 34 sec 3.3 -
non-breeding Locality Parque Barigui, Curitiba, Paraná State, Brazil
Leonardo R. Deconto 8 September 2010 1 year ago 35 sec 3
-
Bird photographed near Haleakela Visitor Center
Locality Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaiian Islands
Tom Moxley 21 November 2011 9 weeks ago 4.4 -
Two migrants together.
Locality West Perth Wetlands, Mitchell, Ontario, Canada
Miriam Bauman 25 September 2011 19 weeks ago 3.9 -
Bird resting on one leg.
Locality West Perth Wetlands, Mitchell, Ontario, Canada
Miriam Bauman 25 September 2011 19 weeks ago 3.7 -
In a front garden just north of Avatele village.
Locality Niue
Hickson Fergusson 21 October 2010 14 weeks ago 3.6 -
One of hundreds migrating through the area and fattening up before moving on.
Locality West Perth Wetlands, Mitchell, Ontario, Canada
Miriam Bauman 25 September 2011 19 weeks ago 3.5 -
On the sand
Locality Ilha do Mel, Paranaguá, Paraná State, Brazil
oleicfrisbee 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.3
- No sound recordings available yet
Email this page