Pacific golden plover

Pacific golden plover
In breeding plumage at Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Alaska
In non-breeding plumage at Laem Pak Bia, Thailand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Genus: Pluvialis
Species:
P. fulva
Binomial name
Pluvialis fulva
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Range of P. fulva
  Breeding
  Passage
  Non-breeding
  Vagrant (seasonality uncertain)
Synonyms

Charadrius fulvus
Pluvialis dominica fulva

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.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Pluvialis fulva". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22693735A155529922. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693735A155529922.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.