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American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica   [Statius Müller, 1776]
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Order: Charadriiformes Family: Charadriidae
BTO Codes: ID, AMGPL EURING No: 4841
Number in Britain: 6 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK: Not Assessed
European: Not evaluated
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Scarce Visitor
Subspecies: Monotypic
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Length: 24 cm Wingspan: 68 cm Weight: M/F: 160 g    
Scientific name from: L.: pluvia=to rain and after Santo Domingo, former name of Hispaniola in the Caribbean
World Distribution: BREEDS: n North America, WINTERS: s South America
Habitat: Tundra, on migration pasture & estuaries
Diet: Mostly inveretbrates, some seeds and leaves
TitBit: Adult birds leave the Arctic in early summer, but juveniles linger until late summer; some adults reach the wintering grounds in South America before the last juveniles have left the Arctic.  
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Records and Distribution
First Record: 1956
Total Number of Records (1950-2007): 275 Summary of Records by Year
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC
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Other Names
Includes P. fulva
Gaelic: Feadag-bhuidhe Welsh: Corgwtiad Aur
Danish: Tundrahjejle Dutch: Amerikaanse goudplevier
Finnish: Amerikankurmitsa French: Pluvier dominicain
German: Kleiner Goldregenpfeifer Hungarian: Pettyeslile
Icelandic: Gulllóa Irish: Feadóg Bhuí Mheiriceánach
Italian: Piviere dorato americano Norwegian: Kanadalo
Polish: Siewka szara Portuguese: Tarambola-dourada-pequena
Spanish: Chorlito dorado chico Swedish: Amerikansk tundrapipare
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For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
   Byrkjedal, I. & Thompson, D. 1998 Tundra plovers Poyser, London [598.612 BYR]
See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
Wikipedia entry
Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides.com
Find papers on Google Scholar
Find papers on Scirus

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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.24, June 2009). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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