American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominica
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyCharadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)
- GenusPluvialis (Golden Plovers and Grey Plover)
- SpeciesPluvialis dominica (American Golden-Plover)
Closest Relatives at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollis
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
American Woodcock
Scolopax minor
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusilla
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of American Golden-Plover at Great Smoky Mountains National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there