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Golden Plover

Conservation status

Least Concern

Population Trend

Decreasing

Alternate Names

Pacific Golden Plover

Native Habitat

Riverside

Diet

Worms, Beetles

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Golden Plover

Pluvialis fulva

A medium-sized plover with a distinctive gold and black summer plumage. In winter the black in replaced by buff and white. They typically stand upright and run in short bursts.

Regional Names
  • Gujarati:
    સોનેરી બાતણ
  • Hindi:
    सुनहरा बटान
  • Malayalam:
    പൊൻ മണൽക്കോഴി
  • Marathi:
    सोनचिखली
  • Nepali:
    प्रशान्त सर्षपी
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Taxanomy

CHARADRIIFORMES
CHARADRIIDAE
Pluvialis fulva