The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy Author Bishop, K. David text Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 2023 2023-03-06 143 1 3 62 journal article 298463 10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2 6028cf6b-e944-40d1-b774-7caa1c970409 2513-9894 11642130 805136AB-F3FE-4C77-85AC-E37423156B6D PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis fulva # Range Biak, Supiori, Owi, Yapen. Status Palearctic migrant. Moderately common Palearctic migrant to New Guinea (Bishop 2006) . On Biak collected by Ripley ( Mayr & Meyer de Schauensee 1939 ). Small numbers (<10) occasionally seen at sites such as Biak airstrip; the army parade ground; stony farmland and the tsunami swamp. 9 January 1997 : six flying over Marauw (SvB). 13 January 1994 : 15 on Owi (P. Gregory in litt . 2000).