Pacific Golden Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Family Charadriidae
Vulnerable — VIC: Vulnerable, SA: Rare, WA: Migratory, Bonn: Listed, CAMBA: Listed, JAMBA: Listed, ROKAMBA: Listed
About
The Pacific golden plover is a migratory shorebird that breeds during summer in Alaska and Siberia. During nonbreeding season, this medium-sized plover migrates widely across the Pacific.
How to spot it
Real occurrence confirmed near Point Nepean National Park (Atlas of Living Australia, 2025) — no separate physical description was available on Wikipedia for this species, see the source link for more.
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Point Nepean National Park — Melbourne, the Dandenongs & Central Victoria hikes