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Species profile—Pluvialis dominica (American golden plover)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Charadriidae (lapwings, plovers and dotterels) → Pluvialis dominica (American golden plover)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Aves (birds)
Family
Charadriidae (lapwings, plovers and dotterels)
Scientific name
Pluvialis dominica (Statius Muller, 1776)
Common name
American golden plover
WildNet taxon ID
18315
Synonym(s)
Pluvialis dominicus
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Marine & Terrestrial

Other resources

Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
Atlas of Living Australia

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=18315

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
23 October 2019
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