CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Pluvialis fulva  

Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
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© Nikki Dunis 2012
Byron Bay, NSW (Mar, 2012)

The Pacific Golden Plover leaves our shores in March and through April. They return to our shores during August and September.

This bird breeds in the high Arctic from eastern Siberia right across to western Alaska.

Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)

Pacific Golden Plover