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The Pacific golden plover (''Pluvialis fulva'') is a medium-sized plover. The 23–26 cm long breeding adult is spotted gold and black on the crown, and back on the wings. Its face and neck are black with a white border, and it has a black breast and a dark rump. The legs are black. In winter, the black is lost and the plover then has a yellowish face and breast, and white underparts. It is similar to two other golden plovers: the Eurasian and American Plovers. The Pacific golden plover is smaller, slimmer and relatively longer-legged than the European golden plover, ''Pluvialis apricaria'', which also has white axillary (armpit) feathers. Overall, the Pacific golden plover is found to be more similar to the American golden plover, ''Pluvialis dominica'', with which it was once considered conspecific (as "lesser golden plover", see Sangster ''et al.'', 2002). The Pacific golden plover is slimmer than the American species, has a shorter primary projection, longer legs, and is usually found to have more yellow on the back. The breeding habitat of Pacific golden plover is the Arctic tundra from northernmost Asia into western Alaska. It nests on the ground in a dry open area. This wader is migratory and winters in south Asia and Australasia. A few winter in California and Hawaii, USA. In Hawaii, the bird is known as the ''kolea''. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. This bird forages for food on tundra, fields, beaches and tidal flats, usually by sight. It eats insects and crustaceans and some berries. ==References== *Hayman, Marchant and Prater, ''Shorebirds'' ISBN 0-395-37903-2 *Sangster, George; Knox, Alan G.; Helbig, Andreas J. & Parkin, David T. (2002): Taxonomic recommendations for European birds. ''Ibis'' 144(1): 153–159. (PDF fulltext ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pacific golden plover」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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