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American golden plover

Pluvialis dominica

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Field Notes

Description:

About 30 - 40 cm tall.

Species ID Suggestions

Plover

Pluvialis sp.

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Zlatan Celebic
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Comments (2)
Zlatan Celebic
To me, this looks like one of the Plovers (Pluvialis genus) in non-breeding plumage. There are three on bird-lists for Mexico, Black-bellied plover (P. squatarola), American golden-plover, (P. dominica) and Pacific golden-plover, (P. fulva) - I can't go further in ID. Hope this helps.

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PublishedApril 20, 2022

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