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The Pacific golden plover was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with the other plovers in the genus Charadrius and coined the binomial name Charadrius fulvus . [ 2 ]
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
Pacific golden-plover, Pluvialis fulva (A) Northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus (A) Spur-winged lapwing, Vanellus spinosus (A) Kentish plover, Charadrius alexandrinus; Common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula; Semipalmated plover, Charadrius semipalmatus (A) Little ringed plover, Charadrius dubius; White-fronted plover, Charadrius marginatus (A)
Pacific golden plover. Order: Charadriiformes Family: Charadriidae. The family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels and lapwings. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water.
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. In breeding plumage, the American golden plover has a solid black lower belly and undertail, while the Pacific and European golden plovers have at least some to extensive white on the flanks and ...
Pacific golden-plover, Pluvialis fulva; Eurasian dotterel, Charadrius morinellus (A) Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus; Common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula (A) (S) Semipalmated plover, Charadrius semipalmatus; Piping plover, Charadrius melodus (A) Lesser sand-plover, Charadrius mongolus (A) Wilson's plover, Charadrius wilsonia (A)
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 crab-plover is related to the waders. It resembles a plover but with very long grey legs and a strong heavy black bill similar to a tern. It has black-and-white plumage, a long neck, partially webbed feet and a bill designed for eating crabs. Crab-plover, Dromas ardeola