Common name:
Pacific Golden Plover
Ladakhi name:
unknown
Scientific name:
Pluvialis fulva
Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Charadidae
fun facts:
The Pacific Golden Plover is a migrant to Ladakh. The sexes look the same.
It breeds far to the north in Siberia or Alaska.
As a long-distance migrater, it is 10 cm tall but at its lightest only weighs around 135 grams.
Bird Club Contributor:
Padma Gyalpo, Shey
