American Golden-Plover Birds Likely to be Observed in Oregon

Location in Oregon
Blue is Winter range - Red is Summer range
Purple is Year-round range - Yellow is Migration range

American Golden-Plover range

American Golden-Plover

Pluvialis Dominica - Rare to uncommon fall migrant. Found in pastures, farmlands, golf courses, airports, mudflats and shorelines, especially along the edges of reservoirs, marshes and sewage lagoons; also estuaries and beaches. Smaller, with a smaller bill than the Black-bellied Plover; wing stripe indistinct and underwings are smoky gray with no black in axillaries; no contrasting white rump. Winters in South America.

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