American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica (Statius Müller, 1776)

Order: Charadriiformes Family: Charadriidae Status: Vagrant to Madeira

Pluvialis dominica Biometrics

Wingspan: 66 - 72 cm (Beaman & Madge, 2011)
Total length: 24 - 28 cm (Beaman & Madge, 2011)
Weight: 160 g (Cardona & Esteban, 2002)

Status

Madeira local status by Correia-Fagundes et al, 2021: Exceptional
Madeira local status by Romano et al, 2010: Only 1 record
Conservation status by the IUCN Red List Categories, 2013: Least Concern ver 3.1

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