Pluvialis is a genus of plovers, a group of wading birds comprising four species that breed in the temperate or Arctic Northern Hemisphere.
In breeding plumage, they all have largely black underparts, and golden or silvery upperparts. They have relatively short bills and feed mainly on insects, worms or other invertebrates, depending on habitat, which are obtained by a run-and-pause technique, rather than the steady probing of some other wader groups. They hunt by sight, rather than by feel as do longer-billed waders.
waders. The genus Pluvialis was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the European golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) as...
sunlight. H. pluvialis A single flagellate of H. pluvialis Drawing of Haematococcus pluvialis Cultivation of H. pluvialis Sphaerella pluvialis Flotow Famille...
distinguishes it from the other three Pluvialis species in flight. On the ground, it can also be told from the other Pluvialis species by its larger (24–34 mm...
other golden plovers: the American golden plover, Pluvialis dominica, and Pacific golden plover, Pluvialis fulva, which are both smaller, slimmer and relatively...
golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) which also has white axillary (armpit) feathers. It is more similar to Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva) with which...
Delia pluvialis is a species of root-maggot flies in the family Anthomyiidae. "Delia pluvialis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved...
Alucita pluvialis is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in India (Assam). Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G...
Deinacrida pluvialis is a species of insect in family Anostostomatidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. Wikispecies has information related to Deinacrida...
Similar birds are the European golden plover, Pluvialis apricaria, and the American golden plover, Pluvialis dominica. The Pacific golden plover is more...
Forcipomyia pluvialis is a species of biting midges (flies in the family Ceratopogonidae). "Forcipomyia pluvialis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information...
Leptolalax pluvialis (sometimes referred to as rainy toad) is a frog species in the family Megophryidae. It is only known from its type locality, Fansipan...
Phytophthora pluvialis is a semi-papillate plant pathogen that mainly infects tanoak-Douglas-fir forests of western Oregon. It was reported in Cornwall...
February 2017. "Species Details : Culex pluvialis Barraud, 1924". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 4 February 2017. "pluvialis Barraud". Systematic Catalog of Culicidae...
Nymphargus pluvialis measure 25–27 mm (0.98–1.06 in) in snout–vent length. Snout is truncate. Dorsal skin has warts and spinules. Nymphargus pluvialis is only...
Austrochaperina pluvialis, also known as the rain frog, white-browed chirper, flecked land frog, or whitebrowed whistle frog, is a species of frog in...
Lonchocarpus pluvialis, commonly known as cuquí in the eastern Bolivian departments of Santa Cruz and the Beni to which it is endemic, is a species of...
Trithemis pluvialis, the russet dropwing (also known as river dropwing), is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It occurs in Africa south...
family Haematococcaceae, containing the single species Stephanosphaera pluvialis. It forms colonies of flagellated cells. Although it was once placed in...
includes lapwings in Charadriinae but separates the four members of genus Pluvialis as subfamily Pluvialinae. The IOC recognizes these 69 species of plovers...
& Lehtinen. As of 2017[update], it contains only one species, Shapna pluvialis, found in India. "Lycosidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum...
Caladenia pluvialis, commonly known as the Yuna spider orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a common spider...
pluvialis 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Downloaded on 30 July 2007. Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.). 2005. Sylvisorex pluvialis....
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