Golden Plover facing right and stood in natural moorland habitat with heather and grasses. Scientific name: Pluvialis apricaria. Adult bird with Summer plumage. Swaledale, UK. Horizontal. Copyspace
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An American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica) in breeding plumage near its nest on the tundra around Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada. This plover winters in southern South America, migrate north through Central America and across the central United States to the High Arctic of Alaska and Canada. In southern migration, they fly mainly over the Atlantic Ocean, through the Caribbean, to Patagonia, completing one of the longest migrations known, totaling over 40,000 km (25,000 mi). This species is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
L 25-28cm, WS 53-59cm. Breeds on moors bogs, upland pastures, mountainsides above tree line, tundra. Breeding Season: June-August (northern Tundra). In winter season on lowland fields or pastures, often with lapwings and locally in large flocks. Rather shy and wary. Food: insects, worms, berries and seeds. This Picture is made during a short Stay on the Isle of Texel (the Netherlands) in October of 2018.