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The American golden plover (Pluvialis dominica) is a medium-sized plover. The genus name is Latin and means relating to rain, from pluvia , "rain". It was believed that golden plovers flocked when rain was imminent.
Pluvialis is a genus of plovers, a group of wading birds comprising four species that breed in the temperate or Arctic Northern Hemisphere.. In breeding plumage, they all have largely black underparts, and golden or silvery upperparts.
Climate change during the Carnian pluvial event is reflected in chemical changes in Carnian strata across the CPE which suggest that global warming was prevalent at the time. This climate change was probably linked to the eruption of extensive flood basalts as the Wrangellia Terrane was accreted onto the northwestern end of the North American ...
American golden plover; E. European golden plover; G. Grey plover; P. Pacific golden plover This page was last edited on 30 March 2013, at 16:45 (UTC). Text is ...
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European golden plover: Pluvialis apricaria (Linnaeus, 1758) 2 Pacific golden plover: Pluvialis fulva (Gmelin, JF, 1789) 3 American golden plover: Pluvialis dominica (Müller, PLS, 1776) 4 Tawny-throated dotterel: Oreopholus ruficollis (Wagler, 1829) 5 Rufous-chested dotterel: Zonibyx modestus Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823: 6 Diademed sandpiper-plover
The lesser golden plover is the name for the composite species of birds which is now regarded as two separate species: American golden plover; Pacific golden plover
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