Biodiversity Center of Japan, the Ministry of the Environment
Web-GIS Atlas of Birds (Bird Banding Surveys, data of recovery records)

Pacific Golden Plover

Pluvialis fulva  

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Pacific Golden Plover
The number of newly banded birds555 
The number of birds captured away from the release site2  
Longest migration distance3671km
Longest recovery period- days

Legend
The number of newly banded birds
The number of individual birds that received a leg band and that were released in Japan
The number of birds recovered away from the release site
Of the total number of captures, the number of those encountered at a site five km or more away from the release site
Longest migration distance
The longest recorded distance from the release site to the capture site
Longest recapture period
The recorded longest period of time from the release date to the capture date
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