18 Oct 2019

Critter of the Week: Pacific Golden Plover

From Afternoons, 3:30 pm on 18 October 2019

It was once believed the golden plovers flocked when it was about to rain. But very little is known about the Pacific Golden Plover, or Kuriri, except that their numbers are falling dramatically. 

DoC's threatened species ambassador Nicola Toki tells us what she knows about the bird. 

Pluvialis_fulva - Pacific Golden Plover

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