Birds · La Saladita, Guerrero

American Golden-Plover

Pluvialis dominica

Spanish: Chorlo Dorado Americano

American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
Photographed by isa_moguel on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

The American golden plover is a medium-sized plover. The genus name is Latin and means relating to rain, from pluvia, "rain". It was believed that golden plovers flocked when rain was imminent. The species name dominica refers to Santo Domingo, now Hispaniola, in the West Indies. Most often recorded in Apr.

TaxonomyAves › Charadriiformes › Charadriidae
Local records1 research-grade observation within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records7,575 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2026 – 2026
Months recorded near La Saladita
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Cite as: “American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/pluvialis-dominica/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.