American golden plover
charadrius dominica latin

The American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica) is a medium-sized plover.

The breeding habitat of American Golden Plover is Arctic tundra from northern Canada and Alaska.

American Golden Plover (Pluvialis Dominica)

His father comes to affectionately view his son with a newfound respect after hearing Brad explain his love for his favorite bird, the American Golden Plover.

From January to late March 2009, an American Golden Plover was present with a flock of Pacific Golden Plovers.

Red-throated loons fly in from the East and West Coasts, while American golden plovers log 10,000 miles from Central and South America.

Also at Cemlyn in 2005 were an American Golden Plover in May and a Terek Sandpiper in June.

Arctic Terns, American Golden Plovers, and Red-necked Phalaropes make use of the tundra ponds and shingle beaches.

Many declining species either occasionally or commonly occur on the Refuge including the American Golden Plover, Prothonotary Warbler, Painted Bunting and Hudsonian Godwit.

The American Golden Plover is smaller, slimmer and relatively longer-legged than European Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) which also has white axillary (armpit) feathers.

It is more similar to American Golden Plover, Pluvialis dominica, with which it was once considered conspecific (as "Lesser Golden Plover", see Sangster et al., 2002).

American Golden Plover, Pluvialis dominica - the American and Pacific golden plovers were formerly considered conspecific (as "Lesser Golden Plover"; Sangster et al., 2002)

American Golden Plover, Pluvialis dominiica, and Pacific Golden Plover, Pluvialis fulva, are both smaller, slimmer and relatively longer-legged than European Golden Plover, and both have grey rather than white axillary feathers (only properly visible in flight).

A comparison of dates and migratory patterns leads to the conclusion that Eskimo Curlews and American Golden plover have been proposed to be the shorebirds that attracted the attention of Christopher Columbus to nearby land after 65 days at sea out of sight of land on his first voyage.

The results (a small decrease in the number of accepted American Golden Plovers, and a small increase in the number of accepted Pacifics) were published in the committee's report for 1996, with a comment that a detailed paper on the subject was being prepared, although as of 2009, this has not been published.