#0634 · 🐦 birds

European Golden-Plover

🇳🇱 Goudplevier ·Pluvialis apricaria

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Kari Pihlaviita · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Pedro Henriques · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Owen Sinkus · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © naturpel · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Texel, Netherlands:© Linda · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Twisk, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Twisk, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Eemnes, Utrecht, NL:© ppdevries · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 1771 Wieringerwerf, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The European golden plover ( Pluvialis apricaria ), also known as the Eurasian golden plover or just the golden plover within Europe, is a largish plover. This species is similar to two other golden plovers: the American golden plover, Pluvialis dominica , and Pacific golden plover, Pluvialis fulva , which are both smaller, slimmer and relatively longer-legged than European golden plover, and both have grey rather than white axillary feathers (only properly visible in flight).

base stats

NL sightings 421iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,316iNaturalist observations
weight 175 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).