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American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
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PRB-0088Charadriiformes

American Golden-Plover

Chorlito Dorado

Pluvialis dominica

Accidental / vagrantIUCN LC · Least Concern

The American golden plover (Pluvialis dominica) 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.

FamilyCharadriidaePlovers and Lapwings
Puerto Rico occurrenceAccidental / vagrantAvibase inferred core 380
Primary habitatgrasslandsGrassland
Primary dietInvertebrateInvertivore
Average mass154.33333333333334 gGlobal trait estimate
MovementMigratoryTerrestrial

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Spectrogram of American Golden-Plover: call
SpectrogramPluvialis dominica

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Sound recorded by Christiana Fattorelli · XC1056711 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.

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Catalog scopeAvibase inferred core 380

About the American Golden-Plover

The American golden plover (Pluvialis dominica) 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.

Conservation

Least Concern

IUCN LC

Global IUCN
LC
Puerto Rico DNER
No current listing in source crosswalk
Federal ESA
No current listing in source crosswalk
Critical habitat
Not identified in source crosswalk

Natural history

How it lives

Habitat
grasslands
Elevation
0–4000 m
Nest
Scrape · Ground
Clutch
3–4 eggs
Social behavior
Not resolved

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