Pluvialis dominica ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES FAMILY: CHARADRIIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
© Andy Johnson
A large shorebird of pastures, open ground, and mudflats, the American Golden-Plover makes one of the longest migratory journeys of any shorebird. It breeds on the high Arctic tundra of Alaska and Canada and winters in the grasslands of central and southern South America.
Song a rapid series of abrupt whistled notes. Flight call a whistled "que-del," or "tuu-u-ee."