Eurasian Golden Plover — Pluvialis apricaria

Abstract

The Eurasian Golden Plover breeds from E Greenland to the Khatanga River in Siberia (De Korte 1975, Cramp & Simmons 1983, Tomkovich 1992b — Fig. 25). The W and Central Siberian breeding grounds are shared with the Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva, in E Siberia the Pacific Golden Plover is the only species, and across the N American breeding grounds the Pacific Golden Plover is replaced by the American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica (Knox 1987, Connors 1983, Connors et al. 1993).