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European Golden-Plover
Pluvialis apricaria
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Sounds
- Recording by Bushman (XC132878). CC-BY-SA · Source
Easily confused with
Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulva
DunlinCalidris alpina
Eurasian DotterelEudromias morinellus
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
RuffCalidris pugnax
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 912,900 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 912,273 |
| Russia | 1,131 |
| United Kingdom | 890 |
| England | 711 |
| Canada | 608 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 516 |
| Spain | 388 |
| Norway | 377 |
| New Mexico | 372 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Invertebrate eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating invertebrates.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Ground nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting on the ground.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Scrape nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in scrapes.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Shorebirds and Allies · Charadriiformes |
| Family | Plovers and Lapwings · Charadriidae |
| Genus | Golden Plovers and Grey Plover · Pluvialis |
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Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise European Golden-Plover with real photos from different observers and its recordings. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.