| American golden plover | |
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| Adult summer plumage, Churchill, Manitoba | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Genus: | Pluvialis |
| Species: | P. dominica
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| Binomial name | |
| Pluvialis dominica (Müller, PLS, 1776)
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| Synonyms | |
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Pluvialis dominica dominica | |
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 species name dominica refers to Santo Domingo, now Hispaniola, in the West Indies.[2]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pluvialis dominica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693740A93420396. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693740A93420396.en. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 138, 311. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.