#0938 · 🐦 birds
Pacific Golden-Plover
🇳🇱 Aziatische Goudplevier ·Pluvialis fulva
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Paul Donahue · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © subhashc · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © James M. Maley · CC BY 4.0
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- 5. © cello caruso-turiello · CC BY 4.0
- 6. © Liam Singh · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Christopher Lindsey · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © colinmorita · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0
- 10. © Stephen Matthews · CC0
what is it?
The Pacific golden plover ( Pluvialis fulva ) is a medium-sized plover. The genus name is Latin and means relating to rain, from pluvia , "rain". It was believed that golden plovers flocked when rain was imminent. The species name fulva is Latin and refers to a tawny colour.
base stats
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).
fun facts
- Spotted 3 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 19,545 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 135 g.
- Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1789 (237 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Pacific Golden-Plover
- Nederlands
- Aziatische Goudplevier
- scientific name
- Pluvialis fulva
- class
- Aves
- order
- Charadriiformes
- family
- Charadriidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 3
- sightings in Europe
- 112
- sightings worldwide
- 19,545
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,006
- weight
- 135 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1789 by Johann Friedrich Gmelin
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Charadriidae
#0554 📷 10Northern Lapwing
🇳🇱 Kievit
Vanellus vanellus
NT 👀 2.7k in NL
#0621 📷 10Common Ringed Plover
🇳🇱 Bontbekplevier
Charadrius hiaticula
LC 👀 507 in NL
#0631 📷 7Little Ringed Plover
🇳🇱 Kleine Plevier
Thinornis dubius
LC 👀 427 in NL
#0634 📷 10European Golden-Plover
🇳🇱 Goudplevier
Pluvialis apricaria
LC 👀 421 in NL
#0663 📷 9Black-bellied Plover
🇳🇱 Zilverplevier
Pluvialis squatarola
VU 👀 242 in NL
#0787 📷 7Eurasian Dotterel
🇳🇱 Morinelplevier
Eudromias morinellus
LC 👀 30 in NL
#0800 📷 7Kentish Plover
🇳🇱 Strandplevier
Anarhynchus alexandrinus
LC 👀 24 in NL
#0869 📷 8White-tailed Lapwing
🇳🇱 Witstaartkievit
Vanellus leucurus
LC 👀 9 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 4896, Wikidata Q18865, GBIF 2480331, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.