American golden-plover / Wanderregenpfeifer (Pluvialis dominica)

Wikipedia: American golden-plover Source: WIKIPEDIA Pluvialis_dominica1.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Pluvialis (Pluvialis); Family Charadriidae (Charadriidae)
Geography: 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]