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)
The Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva) is a migratory shorebird that breeds during summer in Alaska and Siberia. During nonbreeding season, this medium-sized plover migrates widely across the Pacific. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Maria Island National Park
Hooded Plover
Thinornis cucullatus
Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles
Banded Lapwing
Vanellus tricolor
Pied Oystercatcher
Haematopus longirostris
Silver Gull
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Pacific Gull
Larus pacificus
Dominican Gull
Larus dominicanus
Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
Sooty Oystercatcher
Haematopus fuliginosus
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Fairy Tern
Sternula nereis
Latham's Snipe
Gallinago hardwickii
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Pacific Golden-Plover at Maria Island 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