Pluvialis dominica / American golden-plover (Pluvialis dominica)

Wikipedia: American golden-plover Quelle: WIKIPEDIA Pluvialis_dominica1.jpg

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Systematik: Gattung Pluvialis (Pluvialis); Familie Regenpfeifer (Charadriidae)
Geographie: Dieser Vogel erscheint jenseits grossen Meere in Kontinenten : Nordamerika, Südamerika, Afrika.
Allgemein: The American golden plover (Pluvialis dominica), or American golden-plover 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 dominica refers to Santo Domingo, now Hispaniola, in the West Indies.^[2] [mehr]