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European Golden Plover

Animals; Birds

The Eurasian Golden Plover, Pluvialis apricaria, is a largish plover. Their breeding habitat is moorland and tundra in northernmost parts of Europe and western Asia.

Pacific Golden Plover

Animals; Birds

The Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva) is a medium-sized plover. The breeding habitat of Pacific Golden Plover is Arctic tundra from northernmost Asia into western Alaska.

American Golden Plover

Animals; Birds

The American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica) is a medium-sized plover. The breeding habitat of American Golden Plover is Arctic tundra from northern Canada and Alaska.

Eurasian Dotterel

Animals; Birds

The Eurasian Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus), or in Europe just Dotterel, is a small wader in the plover family of birds. It breeds in the Arctic tundra of northern Eurasia, from Norway to eastern ...

Mountain Plover

Animals; Birds

The Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus) is a medium-sized ground bird in the plover family (Charadriidae). It is misnamed, as it lives on level land. It breeds in the high plains of North America ...

Kentish Plover

Animals; Birds

The Kentish Plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, is a small wader in the plover bird family. It breeds in a wide range, from southern Europe to Japan and in Ecuador, Peru, Chile, the southern USA and the ...

Caspian Plover

Animals; Birds

The Caspian Plover (Charadrius asiaticus) is a wader in the plover family of birds. It breeds on open grassland in central Asia, mainly to the north and east of the Caspian Sea.

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