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...
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species of plover. This species is similar to two other golden plovers, the American golden plover, Pluvialis dominica, and Pacific golden plover, Pluvialis...
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The Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva) is a migratory shorebird that breeds during summer in Alaska and Siberia. During nonbreeding season, this...
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Plovers (/ˈplʌvər/ PLUV-ər, also US: /ˈploʊvər/ PLOH-vər) are members of a widely distributed group of wading birds of family Charadriidae. The term "plover"...
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Pluvialis (redirect from Golden Plover)
contains four species: The American and Pacific golden plovers were formerly considered conspecific as "lesser golden plover". Brisson, Mathurin Jacques...
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lesser golden plover is the name for the composite species of birds which is now regarded as two separate species: American golden plover Pacific golden plover...
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year. The ground-nesting green plover is more formally the northern lapwing, binomial name Vanellus vanellus. Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) nests were...
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dipper American dusky flycatcher American flamingo American golden plover American goldfinch American gray flycatcher American herring gull American kestrel...
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migratory patterns has led some to conjecture that Eskimo curlews and American golden plover are the shorebirds that attracted the attention of Christopher Columbus...
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longer than plover's but the bill is the same size with respect to the body. Black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola American golden-plover, Pluvialis...
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List of birds of Europe (section Egyptian plover)
habitats near water. American golden plover, Pluvialis dominica (A) Caspian plover, Charadrius asiaticus (A) Common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula...
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moorhen American coot Sandhill crane Whooping crane Black-bellied plover American golden plover Snowy plover Killdeer Black-necked stilt American avocet...
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Pantanal (category Ecoregions of South America)
including five species of macaws. Some migratory birds include the American golden plover, peregrine falcon, and the bobolink. Most fish are detritivores...
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include the American avocet, burrowing owl, snowy plover, black-necked stilt, hudsonian godwit, American golden-plover, Wilson's snipe, piping plover, and the...
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ISBN 978-0-7136-6250-4 Byrktedal, Ingvar (1989), "Nest defense behavior of Lesser Golden-Plovers" (PDF), Wilson Bull., 101 (4): 579–590 Cade, T.J.; Bird, D.M. (1990)...
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List of birds of Canada (category Natural history of North America)
Black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola LC European golden-plover, Pluvialis apricaria (A) LC American golden-plover, Pluvialis dominica LC Pacific golden-plover...
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lagopus Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos Gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Pacific golden-plover, Pluvialis fulva American golden-plover...
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(25 mi) radius of Churchill, including snowy owl, tundra swan, American golden plover and gyrfalcon. More than 100 birds, including parasitic jaeger,...
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List of birds of Turkey (section Crab-plover)
Black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola European golden-plover, Pluvialis apricaria American golden plover, Pluvialis dominica (A) Pacific golden-plover, Pluvialis...
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List of birds of Russia (section Plovers and lapwings)
Black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola European golden-plover, Pluvialis apricaria American golden-plover, Pluvialis dominica Pacific golden-plover, Pluvialis...
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List of birds of Ontario (section Plovers and lapwings)
worldwide, mostly in habitats near water. Black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola American golden-plover, Pluvialis dominica (B) Eurasian dotterel, Charadrius...
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dunlin, greater yellowlegs, lesser yellowlegs, ruddy turnstone, and American golden plover. At mile 142 of the Polar Bear Express railway route there is a...
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near water. Black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola American golden-plover, Pluvialis dominica (All) Pacific golden-plover, Pluvialis fulva (V) Tawny-throated...
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plover, Pluvialis squatarola (A) European golden-plover, Pluvialis apricaria (A) American golden-plover, Pluvialis dominica (A) Pacific golden-plover...
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be one of the best sites in Europe to spot rare migrants such as American golden plover, Arctic redpoll, pied wheatear, rustic bunting, scarlet rosefinch...
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List of birds of New Jersey (category Use American English from November 2014)
Black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola European golden-plover, Pluvialis apricaria (R) American golden-plover, Pluvialis dominica Pacific golden-plover, Pluvialis...
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Columbus Zoo and Aquarium (section North America)
(Rangifer tarandus) American golden plover (Pluvialis dominica) Cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) American robin (Turdus...
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sand plover Charadrius leschenaultii 20 Oriental dotterel / Caspian plover Charadrius asiaticus 21 Eastern golden plover / American golden plover Pluvialis...
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List of birds of California (category Use American English from October 2014)
Black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola European golden-plover, Pluvialis apricaria (hypothetical) American golden-plover, Pluvialis dominica Pacific golden-plover...
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habitats near water. American golden-plover, Pluvialis dominica LC Black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola LC Collared plover, Charadrius collaris...
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