Pacific Golden Plover
Pluvialis fulva(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Pacific Golden Plover
The Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva) 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 Arctic and subarctic Russia from Yamal Peninsula eastward to Chukotskiy Peninsula and northern Kamchatka and Bering Sea coasts of western Alaska; winters to coastal Horn of Africa and Indian subcontinent eastward through Taiwan and Indonesian Archipelago throughout Australasia and Micronesia to eastern Polynesia; widely vagrant elsewhereRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pluvialis fulva
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pacific Golden Plover
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Charadrius fulvus
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Tahiti.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.687
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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