BRAZIL: American Golden Plovers, Pantanal 18 Sept 2008.

We bumped into this party of a dozen or so American Golden Plovers as we left Pouso Alegre.

They were all adults and I couldn't resist spending some time with them after our encounter with the juvenile on the Solway nearly 12 months ago.

It was nice to compare the structure of the birds with the Pacific Golden Plover we saw a couple of weeks beforehand too. The longer, more "stretched" shape of the AGP struck me compared to the more squat-bodied appearance of the PGP (which is more like a "crake-on-stilts" as one birded put it).

Adult American Golden Plover (with Southern Lapwing), Pantanal 18 September 2008.