美洲金鸻

分类位置

同属物种

灰斑鸻

Black-bellied Plover

欧金鸻

European Golden-Plover

金斑鸻

Pacific Golden-Plover

形态与习性

The American golden plover (Pluvialis dominica) 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.