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European golden plover – Pluvialis apricaria

European golden plover – Pluvialis apricaria
also known as the Eurasian golden plover or just the golden plover within Europe, is a largish plover. This species is similar to two other golden plovers. American golden plover, Pluvialis dominica, and Pacific golden plover, Pluvialis fulva, are both smaller, slimmer and relatively longer-legged than European golden plover, and both have grey rather than white axillary feathers (only properly visible in flight).

This is the call of a male
Recording by Stein Ř. Nilsen from Xeno-canto