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Where does the American Golden-Plover live?

Pluvialis dominica has 277,649 records in 120 countries and territories, from 1800 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesCharadriidaePluvialis

When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 174,919
Canada 58,468
Argentina 9,012
Brazil 4,851
Uruguay 4,840
Netherlands 3,445
Chile 2,353
Peru 2,029
United Kingdom 1,786
Mexico 1,126
Sweden 1,040
Puerto Rico 774
Paraguay 770
Bermuda 702
Barbados 686
Portugal 682
Spain 678
Australia 595
Denmark 569
Guadeloupe 533
Taiwan 462
Venezuela 430
Costa Rica 386
Trinidad & Tobago 366
Belize 362
Bolivia 358
Colombia 357
Norway 351
France 350
Ecuador 307
South Africa 305
Panama 280
Aruba 267
Ireland 256
French Guiana 225
Grenada 202
Guatemala 191
CuraΓ§ao 179
Bonaire 157
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 134

Showing the top 40 of 120 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months β€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map β€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.