American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominica
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 4,934
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “American golden plover”.