Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyCharadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)
- GenusPluvialis (Golden Plovers and Grey Plover)
- SpeciesPluvialis fulva (Pacific Golden-Plover)
Closest Relatives at Katmai National Park
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominica
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
Glaucous-winged Gull
Larus glaucescens
Short-billed Gull
Larus brachyrhynchus
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
Black-legged Kittiwake
Rissa tridactyla
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ 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
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Pacific Golden-Plover in Katmai National Park?
About 4% of visitor-days record a Pacific Golden-Plover sighting in Katmai National Park, based on 6 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Pacific Golden-Plover in Katmai National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Pacific Golden-Plover in Katmai National Park in our monthly data.