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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 now placed in the genus Pluvialis that was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. [4] The genus name is Latin and means relating to rain, from pluvia, 'rain'. It was believed that the plovers flocked when rain was imminent.
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]
Common name Binomial name + authority IOC sequence Grey plover: 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 ...
The European golden plover was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae.He placed it with the other plovers in the genus Charadrius and coined the binomial name Charadrius apricarius. [2]
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
Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, ... European golden-plover, Pluvialis apricaria (A) [56] American golden-plover, Pluviali dominicas ;
Common name Binomial Status 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 ...