First Costa Rican record of Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva, Gmelin, 1789) (Aves: Charadriidae)
Author(s) -
Julio E. Sánchez,
Johan Fernández Ramírez,
César Sánchez
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.276
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1809-127X
DOI - 10.15560/10.1.166
Subject(s) - plover , pluvialis , plumage , ecology , geography , charadrius , biology , fishery , haematococcus pluvialis , botany , habitat , astaxanthin , carotenoid
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
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