American Golden Plover

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Lagoa do Peixe • November 2009

Bird name: American Golden Plover
Latin: Pluvialis dominica
Other: Batuiruçu (Br) • Batuíra-do-campo (Br) • Chorlito dorado chico (Es) • Chorlo pampa (Es) • Other Pt: Tarambola-dourada-pequena • Tarambola-dourada-americana
Family: Charadriidae • Plovers

The American Golden Plover breeds in the Arctic tundra from Canada to Alaska and spends the Arctic winter in southern South America, mostly Patagonia.

These photos were taken in southern Brazil in November, so in non-breeding plumage. Strong white eyebrow, dark legs. Relatively, smaller bill and bigger eye than the sandpipers. A medium-sized bird, but smaller than a Southern Lapwing.