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
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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 1 year ago 28 sec 3.7 -
A bird feeding on the tundra, looking around and running away. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 June 2012 43 weeks ago 21 sec 3.7 -
An individual moving while feeding on the tundra. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 June 2012 43 weeks ago 25 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 1 year ago 1 min 39 sec 3.6 -
A bird in non-breeding plumage feeding on the beach. Locality José Ignacio, Maldonado Department, Uruguay (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 April 2012 46 weeks ago 23 sec 3.6 -
A bird feeding on the wet tundra. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 June 2012 43 weeks ago 23 sec 3.3
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American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica), basic plumage
Locality Laguna de Tisma Natural Reserve, Masaya Department, Nicaragua
Manfred Bienert 2 April 2012 28 weeks ago 3.5 -
Pluvialis dominica
Locality Montevideo Department, Uruguay
Santiago Carvalho 34 weeks ago 3.5 -
Bird resting on one leg.
Locality West Perth Wetlands, Mitchell, Ontario, Canada
Miriam Bauman 25 September 2011 1 year ago 3.5 -
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 1 year ago 3.4 -
A non breeding plover walking on grass in Sanquianga National Park, Pacific coast of Colombia
Locality Nariño Department, Colombia
Carlos Ruiz.- Guerra 24 April 2011 27 weeks ago 3.4 -
A pair mating on the wet tundra.
Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 June 2012 43 weeks ago 3.3
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Calls by a bird in flight. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States)
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 June 2012 44 weeks ago 4 -
Calls by a bird. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States)
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 June 2012 44 weeks ago 3
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