EntdeckenVögel

European Golden-Plover

Pluvialis apricaria

The European Golden-Plover is a beautiful bird with golden spots on its back. It loves to live in open fields and can often be seen running around looking for food.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

Aussehen

The European Golden-Plover has a striking appearance with golden-yellow spangles across its dark brown back and wings. In breeding plumage, it features a bold black face and belly, sharply contrasted by a broad white stripe separating it from its golden crown and flanks.

ReichAnimaliaStammChordataKlasseAvesOrdnungCharadriiformesFamilieCharadriidaeGattungPluvialis

European Golden-Plover

Kategorie

Vögel

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

Mach den ersten Snap!

Interessante Fakten

During courtship, males perform incredible aerial dives and tumbles to impress females.

Golden-Plovers often gather in huge flocks during migration, creating spectacular aerial displays!

The "Plover's Pageant" is a charming collective noun for a group of these beautiful birds.

Their chicks are precocial, meaning they can walk and feed themselves shortly after hatching.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

European Golden-Plovers can migrate thousands of kilometers because they have incredible stamina and an innate sense of direction.

European Golden-Plovers can protect their eggs by creating a camouflaged nest scrape on the ground, making it hard to spot.

European Golden-Plovers can spot tiny insects and worms from a distance because they have excellent vision.

Maße und Details

Länge: 26-29 cm
Flügelspannweite: 67-76 cm
Gewicht: 0.15-0.22 kg
Lebenserwartung: 5-12 Jahre
Top Speed: 85 km/h
Gelegegröße: 3-4
Brutzeit: 27-31 Tage
Zugstrecke: 3500 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

These birds mostly snack on juicy insects and worms, sometimes enjoying a berry or two!

Hauptnahrung

Beetles
Earthworms
Spiders
Fly larvae
Snails
Berries

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

Preys on eggs and chicks.

eaten by

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

Hunts adult plovers during migration.

eats

Common Earthworm

Lumbricus terrestris

A primary food source for foraging plovers.

depends on

Purple Moor-grass

Molinia caerulea

Provides crucial nesting cover and insect habitat.

Merkmale

Gefiedert

Gefiedert beschreibt Tiere, hauptsächlich Vögel, die ein Federkleid besitzen.

Gefleckt

Mit Flecken oder farblich abgesetzten Bereichen gezeichnet.

Gesang

Singende Tiere erzeugen komplexe Lautäußerungen, oft um Partner anzulocken, ihr Revier zu verteidigen oder innerhalb ihrer Art zu kommunizieren.

Grasland

Grasland-Lebensräume sind terrestrische Biome, die von Gräsern und krautigen Pflanzen dominiert werden und einer Vielzahl von Weidetieren als Lebensraum dienen.