Atlantic Golden Plover Breeding Range 

 Pacific Golden Plover Breeding Range 

 Winter Ranges 



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Figure 18. — Distribution and migration of the golden plover. Adults 

 of the eastern form migrate across northeastern Canada and then by 

 a nonstop flight reach South America. In spring they return by way 

 of the Mississippi Valley. Their entire route is therefore in the form 

 of a great ellipse with a major axis of 8,000 miles and a minor axis 

 of about 2,000 miles. The Pacific golden pjover, which breeds in 

 Alaska, apparently makes a nonstop flight across the ocean to 

 Hawaii, the Marquesas Islands, and the Low Archipelago, returning 

 in spring over the same route. 



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