Species List: American Golden-Plover ( Pluvialis dominica )

Common name: American Golden-Plover

Family: Charadriidae

Scientific name: Pluvialis dominica

Alternate names: golden plover, bull-head; Griswold: frost birds, rain-birds, spotted backs, prairie pigeons

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