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Pluvialis

Genus of birds

Summary

Genus of birds

(= Pluvialis apricaria) see text

*** Pluvialis *** is a genus of plovers, a group of wading birds comprising four species that breed in the temperate or Arctic Northern Hemisphere.

In breeding plumage, they all have largely black underparts, and golden or silvery upperparts. They have relatively short bills and feed mainly on insects, worms or other invertebrates, depending on habitat, which are obtained by a run-and-pause technique, rather than the steady probing of some other wader groups. They hunt by sight, rather than by feel as do longer-billed waders.

Taxonomy

The genus Pluvialis was described by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the European golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) as the type species. The genus name is Latin and means relating to rain, from pluvia, "rain". It was believed that they flocked when rain was imminent.

The genus contains four species:

Breeding PlumageNon-breeding PlumageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
[[File:Rohkunborri Pluvialis Apricaria.jpg120px]][[File:Pluvialis apricaria -Iceland-8.jpg120px]]European golden ploverPluvialis apricariaArctic tundra and other palearctic areas
[[File:Pluvialis fulva.JPG120px]][[File:Pluvialis fulva 4 - Boat Harbour.jpg120px]]Pacific golden ploverPluvialis fulvaArctic regions of Siberia and Alaska
[[File:Pluvialis dominica1.jpg120px]][[File:Pluvialis dominica.jpg120px]]American golden ploverPluvialis dominicaArctic tundra from northern Canada and Alaska.
[[File:Black-bellied Plover RWD 2015b.jpg120px]][[File:Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) RWD.jpg120px]]Grey plover or black-bellied ploverPluvialis squatarolapan-arctic ; cosmopolitan wintering range

The American and Pacific golden plovers were formerly considered conspecific as "lesser golden plover".

References

References

  1. Brisson, Mathurin Jacques. (1760). "Ornithologie, ou, Méthode Contenant la Division des Oiseaux en Ordres, Sections, Genres, Especes & leurs Variétés". Jean-Baptiste Bauche.
  2. (1934). "Check-list of Birds of the World". Harvard University Press.
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). "The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names". Christopher Helm.
  4. (2019). "Buttonquail, plovers, seedsnipe, sandpipers". International Ornithologists' Union.
  5. (2002). "Taxonomic recommendations for European birds". Ibis.
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