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The European golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria), also known as the Eurasian golden plover, or just the golden plover within Europe, is a relatively large species of plover.
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]
The American golden plover is smaller, slimmer and relatively longer-legged than European golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) which also has white axillary (armpit) feathers. 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 ...
The black-capped chickadee is the state bird of Massachusetts. This list of birds of Massachusetts includes species documented in the U.S. state of Massachusetts and accepted by the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee (MARC). As of July 2023, there are 516 species included in the official list. Of them, 194 are on the review list (see below), six have been introduced to North America, three ...
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 ...
Black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola; European golden-plover, Pluvialis apricaria (hypothetical) [3] American golden-plover, Pluvialis dominica; Pacific golden-plover, Pluvialis fulva; Eurasian dotterel, Charadrius morinellus (*) Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus; Common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula (*) Semipalmated plover, Charadrius ...
Black-bellied plover (kustpipare), Pluvialis squatarola; European golden-plover (ljungpipare), Pluvialis apricaria; American golden-plover (amerikansk tundrapipare), Pluvialis dominica (A) Pacific golden-plover (sibirisk tundrapipare), Pluvialis fulva (A) Northern lapwing (tofsvipa), Vanellus vanellus; Gray-headed lapwing (gråhuvad vipa ...
Grey plover - Pluvialis squatarola - (French: pluvier argenté) passage migrant; European golden plover - Pluvialis apricaria - (French: pluvier doré) passage migrant and winter visitor; Eurasian dotterel - Charadrius morinellus - (French: pluvier guignard) accidental visitor