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The European golden plover spends summers in Iceland, and in Icelandic folklore, the appearance of the first plover in the country means that spring has arrived. [16] The Icelandic media always covers the first plover sighting, which in 2017, took place on 27 March, [17] and in 2020, on 16 March. [18]
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]
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
European golden plover, Pluvialis apricaria; Greater sand plover, Charadrius leschenaultii (A) Grey-headed lapwing, Vanellus cinereus (A) Grey plover, Pluvialis squatarola; Kentish plover, Charadrius alexandrinus; Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus (A) Kittlitz's plover, Charadrius pecuarius (A) Lesser sand plover, Charadrius mongolus (A)
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 golden ...
European golden-plover, Pluvialis apricaria; Pacific golden-plover, Pluvialis fulva (*) Northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus; Spur-winged lapwing, Hoplopterus spinosus; Sociable lapwing, Vanellus gregarius (*) White-tailed lapwing, Vanellus leucurus (*) Lesser sand-plover, Charadrius mongolus (*) Greater sand-plover, Charadrius leschenaultii (*)
Similar birds are the European golden plover, Pluvialis apricaria, and the American golden plover, Pluvialis dominica. The Pacific golden plover is more similar to the American golden plover, with which it was once considered the lesser golden plover. [8]
This plover is smaller and more compact than European golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria). It has a striking whitish supercilium in all plumages and has plain wings in flight. Adults in summer are unmistakable, with a chestnut breast bordered above with white, black belly, and warm-brown back. The legs are yellow, and the short bill is black.