Pacific Golden Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Field Notes
Description:
Brownish-beige mottled bird with black beak and buff/beige-colored breast ~ 0.25 m tall.
Habitat:
Suburban neighborhood on insular tropical upland plateau.
Notes:
Spotted in a grassy area on a school campus. Known locally as "kolea", this species winters in Hawaii and is quite common during winter months. This spotting is a female.
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