Fact Card
COMMON NAME: PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Pluvialis fulva
TYPE: Migrant
RECORDED SIGHTINGS: Viti Levu – Vanua Levu – Taveuni – Kadavu – Lomaiviti – Lau – Rotuma
GROUP NAME: KINGDOM – Animalia / PHYLUM – Chordata / CLASS – Aves
ORDER – Charadriiformes / FAMILY – Charadriidae / GENUS – Pluvialis
Video: Pacific Golden-plover
Audio: Pacific Golden-plover
IUCN Red List Status
Additional Photographs
Fijian Commemorative Postage Stamp
References
- [Benjamin Clock]. (2014, February 1). Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva [Video]. Macaulay Library. Link
- IUCN (2016, October 1). Pacific Golden Plover. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved September 27, 2023, from Link
- [Lucas DeCicco]. (2015, July 9). Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva [Audio]. Macaulay Library. Link
- Pacific golden plover. (2023, June 18). In Wikipedia. Link
Additional Sources of Information
- NatureFiji-MareqetiViti is Fiji’s only domestic NGO working solely for the conservation and sustainable management of Fiji’s unique natural heritage – Link
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