Galapagos Species Database

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Pluvialis dominica (Statius Muller, 1776)

Playero dorado, American Golden Plover

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Aves

Order
Charadriiformes

Family
Charadriidae

Genus
Pluvialis

Species
dominica

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Pluvialis dominica dominica (Statius Muller, 1776) ) (Integrated Taxonomic Information System, 2022)

Origin: Native

Status

Least concern

References

  • Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
  • GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
  • Harris, M.P. (1982) A field guide to the birds of Galápagos. Collins, London, 2nd ed., 160 pp.
  • Hatch, J.J. Hailman, J.P. (1967) Golden plovers in Galapagos. Condor 69: 320.
  • Hayman, P. Marchant, J., & Prater, T. (1986) Shorebirds: an identification guide to the waders of the world. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 412 pp.
  • Integrated Taxonomic Information System (2021) Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Www.itis.gov
  • Swash, A. Still, R. (2000) Birds, mammals, and reptiles of the Galapagos Islands, an identification guide. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, 168 pp.
  • Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Pluvialis dominica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5155. Accessed 11 June 2026.