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In transition from non-breeding to breeding plumage Pluvialis fulva - MHNT. The Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva) is a migratory shorebird that breeds during summer in Alaska and Siberia. During nonbreeding season, this medium-sized plover migrates widely across the Pacific.
Kōlea (Pacific golden plover, Pluvialis fulva) migrate to Hawaiʻi in the fall from their arctic breeding grounds. These shorebirds establish winter feeding territories on lawns and golf courses and natural habitats in open fields.
Pluvialis_fulva12.jpg (482 × 369 pixels, file size: 65 KB, MIME type: ... Hawaii, on 21 March 2005 - photo EPR Originally uploaded to en.wikipedia.org by MPF:
Bathymetric map of Laysan Monk seal on the beach at ... Pluvialis fulva; ... Wildlife and History of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, University of Hawaii ...
HONOLULU – Dangerous surf conditions with waves reaching dozens of feet high are forecast across Hawaii's northern beaches just as winter-weary travelers may be searching out sun and warm beach ...
Kanahā Pond State Wildlife Sanctuary (KPSWS) is a 208-acre wetland in Kahului on the island of Maui, Hawaiʻi. [1] The brackish-water sanctuary, situated between the ocean, an urban and commercial area, and Kahului International Airport, is home to many native plant and animal species, including over 100 native plants and invertebrate species, and 86 bird species.
The beach is sometimes named after the tuff ring, and sometimes after the area of land called Papakōlea, which comes from papa kōlea, which means plover flats in the Hawaiian language. [6] Papakōlea is the area near the crater [7] where Pacific golden plovers (Pluvialis fulva) are sometimes seen in winter. [8]
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]