Species profile—Pluvialis fulva (Pacific golden plover)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Charadriidae (lapwings, plovers and dotterels) → Pluvialis fulva (Pacific golden plover)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Charadriidae (lapwings, plovers and dotterels)
- Scientific name
- Pluvialis fulva (Gmelin, 1789)
- Common name
- Pacific golden plover
- Type reference
- Gmelin, G.F. (1789). Systema Naturae, & c. Linneai, Caroli. Edito decima tertia, aucta reformata, cura J. F. Gmelin.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1944
- Synonym(s)
- Pluvialis dominica
Pluvialis dominicus - Alternate name(s)
- lesser golden plover
Pacific golden-plover
Asiatic golden plover
least golden plover
golden plover
eastern golden plover
American golden plover - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- SL
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- 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 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1944
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
