Plovers (Charadriidae)
Eurasian Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) - HBW 3, p. 423
French: Pluvier doré
German: Goldregenpfeifer
Spanish: Chorlito Dorado Europeo
Other common names: (Greater/European) Golden Plover
Taxonomy: Charadrius apricarius Linnaeus, 1758, Lappland.
Validity of subspecific division regularly debated, due to considerable variation within local populations and no apparent differences in measurements. Birds of British Is to N Germany formerly considered separate race, oreophilos. Two subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- altifrons (C. L. Brehm, 1831) - EC Greenland, Iceland and Faeroes to N Fenno-Scandia, and thence E to Taymyr Peninsula.
- apricaria (Linnaeus, 1758) - British Is, through W Germany, Denmark and S Fenno-Scandia to Baltic states.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult coming back to the nest and incubating Locality Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp altifrons)
Laurent Demongin 8 July 2010 2 years ago 27 sec 4.8 -
A close up of a juvenile Locality Gressholmen Island, Oslo Fjord, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp apricaria)
Eric Roualet 14 August 2009 2 years ago 13 sec 4.6 -
A pair copulating Locality Hautes-Fagnes, Liège Province, Belgium (ssp apricaria)
Jean Hupperetz 4 April 2003 9 years ago 6 sec 4.6 -
A calling chick in a nest, which also contains three eggs; Hardangervidda plateau. Locality Hordaland County, Norway (ssp altifrons)
Greg Baker 17 July 1999 13 weeks ago 19 sec 4.4 -
A male calling, preening and wing-stretching; Hardangervidda plateau Locality Hordaland County, Norway (ssp altifrons)
Greg Baker 17 July 1999 13 weeks ago 51 sec 4.3 -
A wintering flock in a coastal lagoon, taking off Locality Titchwell RSPB Reverve, Norfolk, England, Great Britain (ssp apricaria)
Martin Kennewell 10 January 2004 5 years ago 26 sec 4.2
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In a ploughed pivot field
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Al Rayyan, Qatar
John A Thompson 12 December 2011 1 year ago 4.6 -
A calling adult on birding ground.
Locality Rauðinúpur, Norðurland eystra (Northeast) Region, Iceland (ssp altifrons)
benoit nabholz 30 July 2011 1 year ago 4.5 -
A bird in the snow
Locality Valladolid, Castile and Leon, Spain
CarlosNaza 3 December 2010 2 years ago 4.5 -
In a ploughed field
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Al Rayyan, Qatar
John A Thompson 6 December 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
Juvenile. 1st record of this species for the area.
Locality Punta del Cap de Creus, Cap de Creus, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Dani Valverde 2 October 2010 2 years ago 4.2 -
Juv.
Locality Brusand, Rogaland County, Norway
Geir Jensen 18 September 2011 1 year ago 4.2
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An adult calling. Locality Sor-Trondelag County, Norway
(ssp apricaria)
Iva Hristova 13 July 2008 3 years ago 4
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