Pluvialis, the Glossary
Pluvialis is a genus of plovers, a group of wading birds comprising four species that breed in the temperate or Arctic Northern Hemisphere.[1]
Table of Contents
15 relations: American golden plover, Arctic, Biological specificity, Bird, Carl Linnaeus, European golden plover, Genus, Grey plover, Latin, Mathurin Jacques Brisson, Northern Hemisphere, Pacific golden plover, Plover, Type species, Wader.
American golden plover
The American golden plover (Pluvialis dominica), is a medium-sized plover.
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Arctic
The Arctic is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth.
Biological specificity
Biological specificity is the tendency of a characteristic such as a behavior or a biochemical variation to occur in a particular species.
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Bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.
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European golden plover
The European golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria), also known as the Eurasian golden plover, or just the golden plover within Europe, is a relatively large species of plover.
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Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
Grey plover
The grey plover or black-bellied plover (Pluvialis squatarola) is a large plover breeding in Arctic regions.
Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Mathurin Jacques Brisson
Mathurin Jacques Brisson (30 April 1723 – 23 June 1806) was a French zoologist and natural philosopher.
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Northern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator.
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Pacific golden plover
The Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva) is a migratory shorebird that breeds during summer in Alaska and Siberia.
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Plover
Plovers are members of a widely distributed group of wading birds of family Charadriidae.
Type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen (or specimens).
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Wader
A flock of Dunlins and Red knots Waders or shorebirds are birds of the order Charadriiformes commonly found wading along shorelines and mudflats in order to forage for food crawling or burrowing in the mud and sand, usually small arthropods such as aquatic insects or crustaceans.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluvialis
Also known as Golden Plover, Golden-Plover, Pluvialinae.