Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva   [JF Gmelin, 1789]

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Order: Charadriiformes Family: Charadriidae
BTO Codes: IF, PAGPL EURING No: 4842
Number in Britain: 1 record/year
Conservation Status:
UK: Not Assessed
European: Not evaluated
Global: Least Concern ( Details )
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Status in UK: (A)  Accidental
Subspecies: Monotypic
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Length: 24 cm Wingspan: 64 cm Weight: M/F: 140 g    
Scientific name from: L.: pluvia=to rain and L.: fulvus=tawny
World Distribution: BREEDS: ne Russia, Alaska, WINTERS: ne Africa, s Asia
Habitat: Tundra, on migration pasture & estuaries
Diet: Mostly inveretbrates, some seeds and leaves

Records and Distribution

First Record: Surrey, 1870
Total Number of Records (1950-2007): 57 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Argyll (2006), Lothian (1977), Northeast (2003), Outer Hebrides (2003), Orkney (2004), Shetland (2000),
   North-east England: Cleveland (1995), Durham (2002), Northumberland (2005), East Yorkshire (2007),
   North-west England: Cumbria (2005), Lancashire (1995),
   English Midlands:
   Eastern England: Cambridgeshire (2004), Essex (2000), Lincolnshire (1994), Norfolk (2006), Suffolk (2005),
   South-east England: Hampshire (1992), Kent (1995), Surrey (1870), East Sussex (2003),
   South-west England: Cornwall (1999), Devon (1992), Dorset (1996), Isles of Scilly (1976),
   Wales: Flintshire (1990),

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Other Names

Split from Pluvialis dominica
Gaelic: Welsh:
Danish: Sibirisk hjejle Dutch: Kleine goudplevier
Finnish: Siperiankurmitsa French: Pluvier sibérien
German: Wanderregenpfeifer Hungarian: Szibériai lile
Icelandic: Glitlóa Irish: Feadóg Bhuí Áiseach
Italian: Piviere dorato orientale Norwegian: Sibirlo
Polish: Siewka zlotawa Portuguese: -
Spanish: Chorlito dorado asiático Swedish: Sibirisk tundrapipare

For More Information...

Books and Monographs:
   Byrkjedal, I. & Thompson, D. 1998 Tundra plovers Poyser, London [598.612 BYR]
See Also:
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Wikipedia entry
BirdLife species page
Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter