Pluvialis fulva (Gmelin, 1789)

Bishop, K. David, 2023, The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 143 (1), pp. 3-62 : 30

PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis fulva #

Range Biak, Supiori, Owi, Yapen.

Status Palearctic migrant. Moderately common Palearctic migrant to New Guinea (Bishop 2006) . On Biak collected by Ripley ( Mayr & Meyer de Schauensee 1939). Small numbers (<10) occasionally seen at sites such as Biak airstrip; the army parade ground; stony farmland and the tsunami swamp. 9 January 1997: six flying over Marauw (SvB). 13 January 1994: 15 on Owi (P. Gregory in litt. 2000).