[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This immature American Golden-Plover was photographed at the Cape May Meadows in Cape May, New Jersey, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 500mm f8.0 lens on Ektachrome 800 film. (Date: October 1987)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This American Golden-Plover taking flight was photographed at the Cape May Meadows in Cape May, New Jersey, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 500mm f8.0 lens on Ektachrome 800 film. (Date: October 1987)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This breeding plumaged American Golden-Plover in flight was photographed on the tundra along Gas Well Road in Barrow, Alaska, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1989)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This Eurasian Golden-Plover was photographed at Houbie, Fetlar, Shetland, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 7, 2004)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This Eurasian Golden-Plover was photographed at Houbie, Fetlar, Shetland, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 7, 2004)

[Length 10.25 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This Pacific Golden-Plover was photographed at Attu Island, AK, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 500mm f8.0 mirror lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1988)

[Length 9.75 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This Pacific Golden-Plover was photographed at the tidal mudflats, Dongtai, Jiangsu, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens on a Nikon 1 V3 camera. (Date: May 14, 2017)

[Length 9.75 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This Pacific Golden-Plover was photographed at the tidal mudflats, Dongtai, Jiangsu, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E III 2.0x Teleconverter on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 08, 2017)