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The Pacific golden plover is more similar to the American golden plover, with which it was once considered the lesser golden plover. [8] The Pacific golden plover is slimmer than the American golden plover, has longer legs, and usually has more yellow on the back.
The Pacific golden plover is slimmer than the American species, has a shorter primary projection, and longer legs, and is usually yellower on the back. In breeding plumage, the American golden plover has a solid black lower belly and undertail, while the Pacific and European golden plovers have at least some to extensive white on the flanks and ...
Pacific golden-plover. Order: Charadriiformes Family: Charadriidae. The family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short thick necks, and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water.
The atoll is an American wildlife refuge almost due south of the Hawaiian Islands, roughly one-third of the way between Hawaii and American Samoa. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of ...
For species found in the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used in the list are those of the AOS, the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North and Middle American birds.
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
European golden-plover, Pluvialis apricaria (accidental) [2] American golden-plover, Pluvialis dominica (accidental) [2] Pacific golden-plover, Pluvialis fulva (migrant) Eurasian dotterel, Charadrius morinellus (casual) Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus (accidental) [2] Common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula (casual)
This is a list of the species that inhabit the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.Except for researchers and volunteers living on Midway Atoll, Kure Atoll, and Tern Island, the leeward islands are uninhabited by people but home to at least 7000 species ranging from marine mammals, fish, sea turtles, birds and invertebrates.