European golden plover
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The European golden plover, also known as the Eurasian golden plover, greater golden plover, or just the golden plover within Europe, is a relatively large species of plover. This species is similar t
European golden plover female breeding Keflavik
Golden plover chick in Iceland
Winter plumage; November, Norfolk, UK
Group in flight, showing the white axillary feathering; December, Delta del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Pluvialis
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Pluvialis is a genus of plovers, a group of wading birds comprising four species that breed in the temperate or Arctic Northern Hemisphere.
European golden plover
…He placed it with the other plovers in the genus Charadrius and coined the binomial name Charadrius apricarius. The species is now placed in the genus Pluvialis that was introduced in 1760 by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson. The genus name is Latin and means "relating to rain", from pluvia, "rain…
Pluvialis dominica 1
Rohkunborri Pluvialis Apricaria
Pluvialis apricaria Iceland 8
Pluvialis fulva