[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This Eurasian Golden-Plover was photographed at Houbie, Fetlar, Shetland, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 7, 2004)

[Length 10.25 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This Pacific Golden-Plover was photographed at Attu Island, AK, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 500mm f8.0 mirror lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1988)

[Length 9.75 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This Pacific Golden-Plover was photographed at the tidal mudflats, Dongtai, Jiangsu, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens on a Nikon 1 V3 camera. (Date: May 14, 2017)

[Length 9.75 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This Pacific Golden-Plover was photographed at the tidal mudflats, Dongtai, Jiangsu, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E III 2.0x Teleconverter on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 08, 2017)

[Length 10.25 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This Pacific Golden-Plover was photographed at Oahu, HI, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor ED 300mm f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: December 1981)

[Length 10.25 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This Pacific Golden-Plover was photographed at Attu Island, AK, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor ED 300mm f4.5 lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1984)

[Length 10.25 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This Pacific Golden-Plover, in full breeding plumage, was photographed along the rocks of "Navy Town" on Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Ektachrome 400 film pushed to 800. (Date: May 1988)

[Length 10.25 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This winter plumaged Pacific Golden-Plover was photographed in the Hawaiian Islands, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: December 1981)

[Length 10.25 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

Pacific Golden-Plovers breed in the high Arctic regions of northcentral and northeastern Russia, and western Alaska. They winter along the southern pacific coasts of Asia and Australia and are regularly seen along the western coast of North America. They are the Asian counterpart of the American Golden-Plover. The two birds were once considered to be the same species. Their breeding ranges overlap only in western Alaska. This one, in full breeding plumage, was photographed along the rocks of "Navy Town" on Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Ektachrome 400 film pushed to 800. (Date: May 1988)