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American Golden-Plover

Pluvialis dominica

1,494Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
50Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb3
Mar0
Apr24
May140
Jun186
Jul36
Aug102
Sep360
Oct488
Nov150
Dec3

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England158
2Norfolk England145
3Isles of Scilly England104
4Shetland Islands —93
5Kent England67
6Orkney Islands Scotland64
7East Riding of Yorkshire England59
8Cornwall England56
9Sefton England49
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland43
11Pembrokeshire Wales34
12Somerset England32
13Devon England28
14Lincolnshire England26
15Isle of Anglesey Wales23
1,147 England257 Scotland68 Wales21 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 50 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,494
Peak month
October
Counties with records
50
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Pluvialis dominica
Also known as
American Golden Plover
Group
Birds
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Charadriidae
Genus
Pluvialis
Name with authority
Pluvialis dominica (P.L.S.Müller, 1776)
Described
1776
Contributing datasets
6

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q216836 · GBIF 2480328