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The Pacific golden plover was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with the other plovers in the genus Charadrius and coined the binomial name Charadrius fulvus . [ 2 ]
European golden plover: Pluvialis apricaria: Arctic tundra and other palearctic areas Pacific golden plover: Pluvialis fulva: Arctic regions of Siberia and Alaska American golden plover: Pluvialis dominica: Arctic tundra from northern Canada and Alaska. Grey plover or black-bellied plover: Pluvialis squatarola: cosmopolitan
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 ...
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
Most are rather plain olivaceous brown above with much yellow to beige below. They are usually found in open woodland, reedbeds, or tall grass. The family occurs mostly in southern to western Eurasia and surroundings, but it also ranges far into the Pacific, with some species in Africa. Cook Islands reed warbler, Acrocephalus kerearako (E)
The crab-plover is related to the waders. It resembles a plover but with very long grey legs and a strong heavy black bill similar to a tern. It has black-and-white plumage, a long neck, partially webbed feet and a bill designed for eating crabs. Crab-plover, Dromas ardeola
The yellow wattlebird is Australia's largest honeyeater and an endemic Tasmanian species. A total of 383 species of bird have been recorded living in the wild on the island of Tasmania, nearby islands and islands in Bass Strait. Birds of Macquarie Island are not included in this list. Twelve species are endemic to the island of Tasmania, and most of these are common and widespread. However ...
Black-bellied plover: Pluvialis squatarola: American golden-plover: Pluvialis dominica: Vagrant Pacific golden-plover: Pluvialis fulva: Vagrant Long-toed lapwing: Vanellus crassirostris: Vagrant Blacksmith lapwing: Vanellus armatus: Spur-winged lapwing: Vanellus spinosus: Vagrant White-headed lapwing: Vanellus albiceps: Senegal lapwing ...