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
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62
journal article
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10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2
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2513-9894
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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).