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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.
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 European golden plover's call is a monosyllabic, slightly descending, melancholic "tuu". [7] [11] Its flight action is rapid and powerful, with regular wingbeats. [10] In the United Kingdom, golden plover chicks rely on craneflies for feeding, while in Sweden march flies are more important. [13]
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
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 European golden plover [10] spends summers in Iceland, and in Icelandic folklore, the appearance of the first plover in the country means that spring has arrived. The Icelandic media always covers the first plover sighting. [11]
Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) nests were egged when they could be found. [5] According to British forager and food writer Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, for the better part of a century, from the age of Victoria until the coming of the Second World War, plover eggs were "the sine qua non of the society picnics of the early Summer Season."
European golden-plover, Pluvialis apricaria (A) [54] American golden-plover, Pluviali dominicas ; Pacific golden-plover, Pluvialis fulva (A) Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus; Semipalmated plover, Charadrius semipalmatus; Piping plover, Charadrius melodus; Lesser sand-plover, Charadrius mongolus (A) Greater sand-plover, Charadrius leschenaultii (A)