Pacific Golden Plover

Pluvialis fulva(Gmelin, JF, 1789)

Native

Order: CHARADRIIFORMES
Family: Charadriidae
Genus: Pluvialis

Commonness: Very common
Best seen: Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The Pacific golden plover is a migratory shorebird that breeds during summer in Alaska and Siberia. During nonbreeding season, this medium-sized plover migrates widely across the Pacific.

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02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range: Arctic mainland Russia and subarctic east Russia and west Alaska: Yamal Pen. (north-central Siberia) to Chukotskiy Pen., north Kamchatka and north Sea of Okhotsk (east Siberia), and Wrangel I. (north of north-east Siberia); Chukchi and Bering Sea coasts of west Alaska and satellites, including St. Lawrence I. (north Bering Sea)
Non-breeding range: Coastal Horn of Africa, Indian subcontinent, south-east Asia, Indonesian Arch., Taiwan, Philippines, New Guinea region, Australia, New Zealand region, Melanesia, Micronesia to east Polynesia; widely vagrant elsewhere

03 · When