Species

Pluvialis dominica (American golden-plover)

Pluvialis dominica. Photo: (c) kerry_ross, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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The American golden plover (Pluvialis dominica) is a medium-sized plover. The genus name is Latin and means relating to rain, from pluvia, “rain”. It was believed that golden plovers flocked when rain was imminent. The species name dominica refers to Santo Domingo, now Hispaniola, in the West Indies.

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 dominica (American golden-plover)

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