Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva) - BirdLife species factsheet

Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: #http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of _the_WP15.xls#.
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: #http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of _the_WP15.xls#.
Christidis, L. and Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
Christidis, L.; Boles, W. E. 2008. Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.
Turbott, E. G. 1990. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand. Ornithological Society of New Zealand, Wellington.
Turbott, E.G. 1990. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand. Ornithological Society of New Zealand, Wellington.

IUCN Red list criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	Low
Land mass type		Average mass	-

Extent of occurrence (EOO)

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	8,240,000	medium
Extent of Occurrence non-breeding (km2)	126,000,000	medium
Number of locations		-
Fragmentation		-

Population and trend

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
No. of mature individuals		poor	estimated	2009
Population trend	Decreasing		suspected	-
Decline (3 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (5 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation future)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation past and future)		-	-	-
Number of subpopulations		-	-	-
Largest subpopulations		-	-	-
Generation length (yrs)	5.6	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is estimated to number c.190,000-250,000 individuals (Wetlands International 2006), while national population sizes have been estimated at c.1,000-10,000 individuals on migration and c.1,000-10,000 wintering individuals in Japan and c.10,000-100,000 breeding pairs and c.1,000-10,000 individuals on migration in Russia (Brazil 2009).

Trend justification: The overall population trend is decreasing, although some populations have unknown trends (Wetlands International 2006). The population trend is decreasing in North America (based on BBS/CBC data: Butcher and Niven 2007).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Occurrence status	Presence	Breeding	Non-breeding	Passage
Afghanistan	V	Extant
Algeria	V	Extant
American Samoa	N	Extant
Australia	N	Extant
Bahrain	N	Extant		Yes	Yes
Bangladesh	N	Extant
Barbados	V	Extant
Belgium	V	Extant
Bermuda (to UK)	V	Extant
Brunei	N	Extant
Burundi	V	Extant
Cambodia	N	Extant
Canada	N	Extant
Chile	V	Extant
China (mainland)	N	Extant
Christmas Island (to Australia)	N	Extant
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (to Australia)	N	Extant
Comoros	N	Extant
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	V	Extant
Cook Islands	N	Extant
Côte d'Ivoire	V	Extant
Cyprus	V	Extant
Czech Republic	V	Extant
Denmark	V	Extant
Djibouti	N	Extant
Ecuador	V	Extant
Egypt	V	Extant
Eritrea	N	Extant
Ethiopia	V	Extant
Fiji	N	Extant		Yes	Yes
Finland	V	Extant
France	V	Extant
French Polynesia	N	Extant
Gabon	N	Extant
Germany	V	Extant
Greece	V	Extant
Greenland (to Denmark)	V	Extant
Guam (to USA)	N	Extant		Yes
Hong Kong (China)	N	Extant
India	N	Extant
Indonesia	N	Extant
Iran, Islamic Republic of	N	Extant		Yes
Iraq	V	Extant		Yes
Ireland	V	Extant
Israel	V	Extant
Italy	V	Extant
Japan	N	Extant
Jordan	V	Extant
Kazakhstan	N	Extant
Kenya	N	Extant
Kiribati	N	Extant
Kuwait	V	Extant		Yes	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	N	Extant			Yes
Laos	N	Extant
Lebanon	V	Extant			Yes
Madagascar	V	Extant
Malawi	V	Extant
Malaysia	N	Extant
Maldives	N	Extant
Malta	V	Extant
Marshall Islands	N	Extant		Yes
Mauritius	N	Extant
Mayotte (to France)	N	Extant
Mexico	N	Extant
Micronesia, Federated States of	N	Extant		Yes
Mongolia	N	Extant
Myanmar	N	Extant
Namibia	V	Extant
Nauru	N	Extant
Nepal	N	Extant
Netherlands	V	Extant
New Caledonia (to France)	N	Extant
New Zealand	N	Extant
Niue (to New Zealand)	N	Extant
North Korea	N	Extant
Northern Mariana Islands (to USA)	N	Extant		Yes
Norway	V	Extant
Oman	N	Extant		Yes	Yes
Pakistan	N	Extant
Palau	N	Extant		Yes
Papua New Guinea	N	Extant
Philippines	N	Extant		Yes
Qatar	N	Extant		Yes	Yes
Russia	N	Extant	Yes
Russia (Asian)	N	Extant
Russia (Central Asian)	N	Extant	Yes
Samoa	N	Extant
Saudi Arabia	N	Extant		Yes
Seychelles	N	Extant
Singapore	N	Extant
Solomon Islands	N	Extant
Somalia	N	Extant
South Africa	V	Extant
South Korea	N	Extant
Spain	V	Extant
Sri Lanka	N	Extant
Sudan	N	Extant		Yes
Sweden	V	Extant
Taiwan, China	N	Extant
Tajikistan	N	Extant
Tanzania	N	Extant
Thailand	N	Extant
Timor-Leste	N	Extant		Yes	Yes
Tokelau (to New Zealand)	N	Extant
Tonga	N	Extant
Tunisia	V	Extant
Turkey	V	Extant
Turkmenistan	N	Extant			Yes
Tuvalu	N	Extant
United Arab Emirates	N	Extant		Yes	Yes
United Kingdom	V	Extant
United States Minor Outlying Islands (to USA)	N	Extant		Yes
USA	N	Extant	Yes
Vanuatu	N	Extant
Vietnam	N	Extant
Wallis and Futuna Islands (to France)	N	Extant
Yemen	N	Extant		Yes
Zambia	V	Extant

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
China (mainland)	Ebi Nur and Kuytun River
Japan	Awase tidal flat
Japan	Lake Kasumigaura, Ukisima
Malaysia	Sadong-Saribas coast
Mongolia	Dashinchilen Bayan Lake
Myanmar	Gulf of Mottama
Philippines	Mactan, Kalawisan and Cansaga Bays
Philippines	Manila Bay
USA	James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge
USA	Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level	suitable	non-breeding
Grassland	Tundra	major	breeding
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	Coastal Freshwater Lakes	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Intertidal	Mud Flats and Salt Flats	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Intertidal	Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses)	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Intertidal	Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Intertidal	Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches	suitable	non-breeding
Shrubland	Boreal	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	suitable	non-breeding
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Threats & impact

Threat (level 1)

Threat (level 2)

Impact and Stresses

Climate change & severe weather

Habitat shifting & alteration

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Future

Whole (>90%)

Unknown

Stresses
Indirect ecosystem effects, Ecosystem degradation

Utilisation

Purpose	Primary form used	Life stage used	Source	Scale	Level	Timing
Food (human)	Whole	Adults and juveniles	Wild		Non-trivial	Recent
Pets	Whole	Adults and juveniles	Wild	International	Non-trivial	Recent

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Species factsheet: Pluvialis fulva. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 26/03/2019. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2019) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 26/03/2019.