---
title: "Siewka szara"
description: "Pluvialis dominica — Ptaki. The American golden plover (Pluvialis dominica) is a medium-sized plover."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/american-golden-plover
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Siewka szara

> Pluvialis dominica — Ptaki. The American golden plover (Pluvialis dominica) is a medium-sized plover.

- Scientific name: *Pluvialis dominica*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola)
- iNaturalist observations: 7485
- Wikidata: [Q216836](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216836)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4893](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4893)

## Names

- en: American Golden-Plover
- de: Wanderregenpfeifer
- es: Chorlo Dorado Americano
- fr: Pluvier bronzé
- nl: Amerikaanse goudplevier
- pt: Batuiruçu
- pl: Siewka szara

## Countries with the most observations

US (3918), CA (1255), AR (442), BR (311), MX (185), UY (183), PE (68), CL (61), GB (49), PT (36), ES (26), ZA (26)

## Summary

The American golden plover (Pluvialis dominica) is a medium-sized plover. The genus name is Latin and means relating to rain, from pluvia, "rain".  It was believed that golden plovers flocked when rain was imminent.  The species name dominica refers to Santo Domingo, now Hispaniola, in the West Indies.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_golden_plover

## Photo

![Siewka szara](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/american-golden-plover/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143736775

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/american-golden-plover?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).