The Pacific golden plover is a migratory shorebird that breeds during summer in Alaska and Siberia. During nonbreeding season, this medium-sized plover migrates widely across the Pacific.
Image: Pluvialis fulva Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Alaska, USA 8
Image: Pluvialis fulva 2 Laem Pak Bia
In transition from non-breeding to breeding plumage
Pluvialis fulva - MHNT
The European golden plover, also known as the European golden-plover, Eurasian golden plover, or just the golden plover within Europe, is a relatively large species of plover. This species is similar to two other golden plovers: the American golden plover, Pluvialis dominica, and Pacific golden plover, Pluvialis fulva, which are both smaller, slimmer and relatively longer-legged than European golden plover, and both have grey rather than white axillary feathers.
European golden plover
A large flock in Ystad, Sweden.
In Iceland
Eggs, Collection Museum Wiesbaden