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In transition from non-breeding to breeding plumage Pluvialis fulva - MHNT. The Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva) is a migratory shorebird that breeds during summer in Alaska and Siberia. During nonbreeding season, this medium-sized plover migrates widely across the Pacific.
It is more similar to Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva) with which it shares grey axillary feathers; it was once considered conspecific under the name "lesser golden plover". [5] 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.
The genus Pluvialis was described by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the European golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) as the type species. [1] [2] The genus name is Latin and means relating to rain, from pluvia, "rain". It was believed that they flocked when rain was imminent. [3] The genus contains four species: [4]
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Kōlea (Pacific golden plover, Pluvialis fulva) migrate to Hawaiʻi in the fall from their arctic breeding grounds. These shorebirds establish winter feeding territories on lawns and golf courses and natural habitats in open fields.
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Pluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus, 1758) 1 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 ...
This species is similar to two other golden plovers, the American golden plover, Pluvialis dominica, and Pacific golden plover, Pluvialis fulva, which are both slightly smaller, slimmer and longer-legged than European golden plover, and both have grey rather than white axillary (armpit) feathers (visible in flight, and when the bird stretches ...