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Pacific Golden-Plover

Pluvialis fulva

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) schizotypalvamp, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.

United States	155,738
California	10,951
Hawaii	7,340
Canada	3,440
Washington	2,997
British Columbia	2,712
Oregon	1,583
China	1,228
Taiwan	1,170
Taiwan Province	1,032

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

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Practise Pacific Golden-Plover with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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