Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva [JF Gmelin, 1789] |
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family: Charadriidae |
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BTO Codes:
IF, PAGPL
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EURING No: 4842 | |
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Number in Britain:
1 record/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
24 cm
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Wingspan: 64 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 140 g
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Scientific name from:
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L.: pluvia=to rain and L.: fulvus=tawny |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: ne Russia, Alaska, WINTERS: ne Africa, s Asia |
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Habitat:
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Tundra, on migration pasture & estuaries |
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Diet:
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Mostly inveretbrates, some seeds and leaves |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Surrey, 1870
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
57
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Argyll
(2006),
Lothian
(1977),
Northeast
(2003),
Outer Hebrides
(2003),
Orkney
(2004),
Shetland
(2000),
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North-east England:
Cleveland
(1995),
Durham
(2002),
Northumberland
(2005),
East Yorkshire
(2007),
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North-west England:
Cumbria
(2005),
Lancashire
(1995),
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English Midlands:
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Eastern England:
Cambridgeshire
(2004),
Essex
(2000),
Lincolnshire
(1994),
Norfolk
(2006),
Suffolk
(2005),
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South-east England:
Hampshire
(1992),
Kent
(1995),
Surrey
(1870),
East Sussex
(2003),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(1999),
Devon
(1992),
Dorset
(1996),
Isles of Scilly
(1976),
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Wales:
Flintshire
(1990),
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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Split from Pluvialis dominica
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| 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: - |
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Spanish:
Chorlito dorado asiático
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Swedish: Sibirisk tundrapipare |
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For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| Byrkjedal, I. & Thompson, D. 1998 Tundra plovers Poyser, London [598.612 BYR] | |
| See Also: | |
Find scientific papers on  Google Scholar
or  Scirus by clicking the icon
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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