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European Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricaria · Family Charadriidae
Pluvialis apricaria
Family Charadriidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Charadriidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,096,241
- Countries and territories with records
- 90
About this species
This species has 1,096,241 occurrence records from 90 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (28.1%), Denmark (17.3%), Norway (13.2%), the United Kingdom (11%) and the Netherlands (8.1%); together they account for 77.8% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.3% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Pluvialis apricaria combines the genus name Pluvialis with the species epithet apricaria. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Pluvialis; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Pluvialis squatarola, Pluvialis fulva and Pluvialis dominica.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 44 species of the family Charadriidae. This species ranks 8th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Charadrius vociferus. Its record count is 1.7 times the family average (660,385). The family Charadriidae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.