Pacific Golden-Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover has edged down: down 21% on the route-weighted index since 1995.
About the Pacific Golden-Plover
The Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) is a North American member of the Plovers & Lapwings (Charadriidae). In this analysis it is grouped with the shorebirds.
- Size
- 6–12 in long (15–30 cm) — a small to medium shorebird (typical for the family)
- Habitat
- Shorelines, mudflats, beaches, flooded fields and wet meadows.
- Diet
- Invertebrates probed or picked from mud, sand and shallow water.
- Range
- Recorded on 13 Breeding Bird Survey routes across 1 state, most concentrated in the BCR 2.
- Family
- Charadriidae · Shorebirds
Notable Pacific Golden-Plover Trends
No notable trend signals for Pacific Golden-Plover. See the full index history below.
Pacific Golden-Plover Population Forecast
If the recent trend holds, Pacific Golden-Plover is projected to stay roughly flat through 2029, near 0.00 (95% range 0.00–0.01). A 5-year backtest shows a typical error of ±104.9%, with 60% of held-out values landing inside the 95% band.
| Year | Projected index | 95% low | 95% high |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| 2026 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| 2027 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| 2028 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| 2029 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
Where the Pacific Golden-Plover Is Detected
BBS routes recording Pacific Golden-Plover, sized by most recent count.
Pacific Golden-Plover Population Trend by State
| Alaska | -19% | 1995 | 13 |
Pacific Golden-Plover Population Trend by Region
Bird Conservation Regions are the ecological unit for trends.
| BCR 2 | -14% | 1995 | 11 |
Pacific Golden-Plover Conservation Status
Our route-weighted index shows it down about 20% since 1995. Many shorebirds have declined steeply, reflecting pressure on the coastal and wetland stopovers they depend on.
Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22. Trend is a route-weighted relative-abundance index, not an absolute population.