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Pluvialis Spp Grey & Golden Plovers
	Easy to tell apart if side by side or in breeding plumage BUT-- Worse: there are 2 “goldens” to distinguish

In flight the Black “arm pits” of wing axillaries is diagnostic of Black-Bellied
even in non breeding plumages.

Pluvialis squatarola Blackbellied or Grey Plover Cosmopolitan
	All images from Shorebirds 1986 ITIS*^ca Taxonomy and Search Patuxent ID tips etc Fast.com Image bank Range Map

Pluvialis fulva Golden Plover & dominica
	Probably Fulva is more common along our coast but many earlier texts do not recognize distinction (ex: left and below))

Fulva ITIS*^ca Taxonomy and Search Patuxent ID tips etc Fast.com Image bank Range Map

Dominica TIS*^ca Taxonomy and Search Patuxent ID tips etc Fast.com Image bank Range Map

References used

Shorebirds : An Identification Guide to the Waders of the World

by Peter Hayman, John Marchant, Tony Prater—Amazon.com

The Birds of British Columbia• Volume 2 - Nonpasserines Diurnal Birds of Prey through Woodpeckers

The Complete Birder A Guide to Better Birding by Jack Connor A Field