Plovers (Charadriidae)
Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva) - HBW 3, p. 423
French: Pluvier fauvem
German: Pazifischer Goldregenpfeifer
Spanish: Chorlito Dorado Siberiano
Other common names: Asian/Asiatic/Eastern Golden Plover
Taxonomy: Charadrius fulvus Gmelin, 1789, Tahiti.
Forms superspecies with P. dominica, with which formerly considered conspecific (see page 386). Monotypic.
Distribution: NC & NE Russia, from Yamal Peninsula to Chukotskiy Peninsula and S across Koryakskiy highlands to N Kamchatka; W Alaska. Winters from E Africa through S Asia and Indonesia to Oceania, Australia and New Zealand; small numbers in S California.
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Male in breeding plumage coming back to the nest in the tundra, then leaving Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 4 July 2008 4 years ago 1 min 5 sec 4.9 -
A description of a male in hand, by Dr. Johnson Locality Kualoa Regional Park, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands (Monotypic species)
Curt Kessler 31 October 2007 5 years ago 1 min 33 sec 4.8 -
Foraging on mudbank Locality Nam Sang Wai, Yuen Long, Hong Kong
Bob Thompson 4 March 2012 45 weeks ago 2 min 16 sec 4.6 -
in the rice filed Locality Yilan County, Taiwan
Vicky Cheng 19 February 2012 1 year ago 2 min 10 sec 4.5 -
A bird foraging on a grassland. Locality Ouvéa Island, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 October 2010 2 years ago 36 sec 4.4 -
Pair in breeding plumage alarming in the tundra Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
Laurent Demongin 13 July 2008 4 years ago 44 sec 4.3
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A bird in transitional plumage prior to migration.
Locality Kona, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 9 April 2010 33 weeks ago 4.5 -
Pacific Golden plover in emerging breeding plumage on rocky outcrop
Locality Wynnum, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 April 2009 2 years ago 4.5 -
This Pacific or Eastern Golden Plover was photographed in May and the bird is in advanced stage of its breeding plumage before r
Locality Wynnum, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 January 2009 3 years ago 4.3 -
Rare winter visitor
Locality Gujarat, India
Mohamed Samsoor Ali 1 October 2012 4 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 4 -
A bird in non-breeding plumage...
Locality Mangalajodi, Orissa, India
Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 29 December 2012 20 weeks ago 4 -
A bird in non-breeding plumage roosting amongst drift wood.
Locality Letitia Sandspit, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 30 December 2010 2 years ago 4
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A male alarming near the nest Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 1 July 2008 3 years ago 3.5
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