Genus

Pluvialis (Golden plovers and black-bellied plover)

Pluvialis fulva. Photo: (c) James M. Maley, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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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. The genus name is Latin and means relating to rain, from pluvia, “rain”. It was believed that they flocked when rain was imminent.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Aves (Birds)
        Order: Charadriiformes (Shorebirds and allies)
        Family: Charadriidae (Plovers and lapwings)
        Genus: Pluvialis (Golden plovers and black-bellied plover)
        Species: Pluvialis squatarola (Black-bellied plover)
        Species: Pluvialis dominica (American golden-plover)
        Species: Pluvialis fulva (Pacific golden-plover)

Subtaxa

Species: Pluvialis squatarola (Black-bellied plover)

Species: Pluvialis dominica (American golden-plover)

Species: Pluvialis fulva (Pacific golden-plover)

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