American golden-plover (Pluvialis dominica)

Wikipedia: American golden-plover Source: OTHER Pluvialis_dominica1.jpg
Classification: Genus Pluvialis; Family Charadriidae
This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: North America, South America, Africa.
General: The American golden plover (Pluvialis dominica), or American golden-plover is a medium-sized plover. The genus name is Latin and means relating to rain, from pluvia, "rain". It was believed that golden plovers flocked when rain was imminent. The species name dominica refers to Santo Domingo, now Hispaniola, in the West Indies.^[2] [more]

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