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Species profile—Pluvialis fulva (Charadriidae)

Classification

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

Photos

  • Photo of Pluvialis fulva (Pacific golden plover) - McDougall, A.,QPWS,2007
  • Photo of Pluvialis fulva (Pacific golden plover) - Gynther, I.,DEHP
  • Photo of Pluvialis fulva (Pacific golden plover) - Gynther, I.,Ian Gynther,1993
  • Photo of Pluvialis fulva (Pacific golden plover) - Queensland Government,1980
  • Photo of Pluvialis fulva (Pacific golden plover) - Queensland Government,1986
  • Photo of Pluvialis fulva (Pacific golden plover) - McDougall, A.,QPWS,2008
  • Photo of Pluvialis fulva (Pacific golden plover) - McDougall, A.,QPWS,2008

Sighting data

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Aves (birds)
Family
Charadriidae (lapwings, plovers and dotterels)
Species
Pluvialis fulva (Pacific golden plover)
Alternate name
lesser golden plover
Asiatic golden plover
least golden plover
golden plover
eastern golden plover
American golden plover
Taxonomy Author
(Gmelin, 1789)
Nature Conservation Act (NCA) status
SL
Back on Track (BoT) status
Low
Wetland status
Wetland Indicator Species
Endemicity
Native
Other resources
Atlas of Living Australia

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
20 October 2014
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