First Costa Rican record of Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva, Gmelin, 1789) (Aves: Charadriidae)

César Sánchez; Julio Sánchez; Johan Ramírez

doi:10.15560/10.1.166

Check List 10(1): 166-167, doi: 10.15560/10.1.166

First Costa Rican record of Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva, Gmelin, 1789) (Aves: Charadriidae)

Julio E. Sánchez^‡, Johan Fernández Ramírez^§, César Sánchez^|

‡ Asociación de Ornitólogos Unidos de Costa Rica, Costa Rica§ Asociación de Ornitólogos Unidos de Costa Rica; Universidad Estatal a Distancia Costa Rica, Costa Rica| Asociación de Ornitólogos Unidos de Costa Rica; Louisiana State University, Costa Rica

Corresponding author: César Sánchez ( csanc15@lsu.edu )

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Citation: Sánchez C, Sánchez J, Ramírez J (2014) First Costa Rican record of Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva, Gmelin, 1789) (Aves: Charadriidae). Check List 10(1): 166-167. https://doi.org/10.15560/10.1.166

Abstract

Here we report on the first observation of Pacific Golden Plover in Central America, from Costa Rica. An individual in winter plumage was observed on salts ponds along with several other roosting waders

Keywords

Aves; Charadriidae; Pacific Golden-plover; first record; distribution