European Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricaria(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) European Golden Plover
The European Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Charadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds inland low Arctic (mainly) to temperate zone from Greenland eastward to Taymyr Peninsula (north-central Russia); winters to inland and coastal southern Europe, northern Africa, and Middle EastRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pluvialis apricaria
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- European Golden Plover
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Charadrius apricarius
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- 'Oelandia, Canada' restricted type locality, Lapland ex Fn. Suec, where based on a Rudbeck drawing. Cf. Lonnberg, Ibis, 1931, p. 306-307.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.150
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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