European golden plover: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the European golden plover lives – recorded in 36 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Pluvialis apricaria
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	36 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America
Mass	32.8 g (birth weight); 175 g (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Charadriidae

Where does the European golden plover live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the European golden plover in 36 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an European golden plover?

Wikidata records the following for the European golden plover: mass 32.8 g (birth weight); 175 g (adult weight).

Is the European golden plover endangered?

The European golden plover’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the European golden plover?

The European golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) is a bird in the order Charadriiformes and the family Charadriidae, genus Pluvialis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the European golden plover

The European golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria), also known as the Eurasian golden plover, greater golden plover, or just the golden plover within Europe, is a relatively large species of plover. This species is similar to two other golden plovers, the American golden plover, Pluvialis dominica, and Pacific golden plover, Pluvialis fulva, which are both slightly smaller, slimmer and longer-legged than European golden plover, and both have grey rather than white axillary (armpit) feathers (visible in flight, and when the bird stretches its wings on the ground).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article European golden plover (revision 1357302330), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q21148 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).