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.
Pluvialis dominica 1
Rohkunborri Pluvialis Apricaria
Pluvialis apricaria Iceland 8
Pluvialis fulva
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
Pluvialis
…rather than by feel as do longer-billed waders. The genus Pluvialis was described by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the European golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) as the type species. The genus name is Latin and means relating to rain, from pluvia, "rain". It was believed that they flocked…
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