Bird #57: American Golden Plover

Common Name: American Golden Plover

Scientific Name: Pluvialis dominica

Description: 10 inches; Non-Breeding: upperparts mottled greyish brown with black spots; underparts whitish brownish; contrast between whitish eyebrow stripe and dark crown; Breeding: underparts black; upperparts mottled gold and black; white patches on side of neck.

Habitat: Fields, tidal flats

Statue: non-breeding migrant

References:

Birds of Barbados by P.A Buckley, Edward Massiah, Maurice B. Hutt, Francine G. Buckley

Helm Field Guides- Birds of the West Indies  by H. Raffaele, J. Wiley, O. Garrido, A. Keith, J. Raffaele

National Geographic- Field Guide to the Birds of North America edited by Dunn and Alderfer