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Pacific Golden Plover

Pluvialis fulva

The Pacific Golden Plover is a beautiful bird with golden spots on its back. It loves to run along sandy beaches and can fly long distances to find food and warm places.

Lebensraum: Coastal areas

Aussehen

The Pacific Golden Plover has a distinctive upright stance and medium-sized body. In breeding season, it boasts a striking black belly and face, sharply contrasted by a white stripe and golden-spotted back. During winter, its plumage becomes a duller, mottled golden-brown overall.

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Pacific Golden Plover

Kategorie

Vögel

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Baby plovers leave the nest and find their own food just hours after hatching!

Pacific Golden Plovers drum their feet to trick worms into coming to the surface!

These amazing birds can fly from Alaska to Hawaii non-stop in just days!

They return to the exact same nesting and wintering spots every single year.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Pacific Golden Plover can fly non-stop for thousands of miles across oceans due to specialized endurance and efficient flight.

Pacific Golden Plover has cryptic plumage that helps it blend perfectly with rocky and grassy tundra environments.

Pacific Golden Plover can quickly spot and snatch small invertebrates from the ground because of its sharp eyesight.

Maße und Details

Länge: 23-26 cm
Flügelspannweite: 46-53 cm
Gewicht: 0.12-0.19 kg
Lebenserwartung: 10-15 Jahre
Top Speed: 80 km/h
Gelegegröße: 3-4
Brutzeit: 26-27 Tage
Zugstrecke: 12000 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

These birds mostly eat tiny insects and other small creatures found in the soil and shallow water.

Hauptnahrung

Beetles
Flies
Earthworms
Spiders
Crustaceans
Berries

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Arctic Fox

Vulpes lagopus

Preys on eggs and chicks.

eaten by

Parasitic Jaeger

Stercorarius parasiticus

Predator of plovers and their young.

eats

Common Earthworm

Lumbricus terrestris

A primary food source.

eats

Brine Shrimp

Artemia salina

Consumes small crustaceans.

Merkmale

Gefiedert

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Gefleckt

Mit Flecken oder farblich abgesetzten Bereichen gezeichnet.

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