Galapagos Species Database

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Pluvialis fulva Gmelin, 1789

Chorlito dorado siberiano, Pacific Golden-Plover

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Aves

Order
Charadriiformes

Family
Charadriidae

Genus
Pluvialis

Species
fulva

Taxon category: Accepted

The taxonomy of this and the P. dominica is confusing, the identity of the birds recorded is difficult to discern and verify.

Origin: Migrant

Status

Least concern

Distribution

Distribution: A record on Villamil, Isabela Island 2012.

References

  • Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
  • 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.
  • Freire, J.F. Ahlman, R., Brinkuizen, D.M., Greenfield, P.J., Solano-Ugalde, A., Navarrete, L., Ridgely, R.S. (2013) Rare birds in Ecuador: first annual report of the Committee of Ecuadorian Records in Ornithology (CERO) Avances 5(2):B24-B41.
  • 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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Pluvialis fulva", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5156. Accessed 19 June 2025.