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Pacific Golden-Plover

Pluvialis fulva

577Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
17Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr31
May7
Jun67
Jul244
Aug201
Sep12
Oct7
Nov7
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England201
2Norfolk England98
3Suffolk England34
4East Riding of Yorkshire England27
5Rutland England19
6Orkney Islands Scotland9
7Cambridgeshire England8
8Cornwall England6
9Isle of Anglesey Wales6
10East Lothian Scotland5
11Cumbria England3
12Aberdeenshire Scotland2
13Carmarthenshire Wales2
14Peterborough England2
15Kent England1
545 England21 Scotland10 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
577
Peak month
July
Counties with records
17
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Pluvialis fulva
Also known as
Pacific Golden Plover
Group
Birds
Most recorded in
Lincolnshire, Norfolk
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Charadriidae
Genus
Pluvialis
Name with authority
Pluvialis fulva (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)
Described
1789
Contributing datasets
5

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q18865 · GBIF 2480331