Plovers & Lapwings in Australia
Our list for Australia has 6 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 4 summer visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Australia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorRare27–30 cmRecorded all year
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusScarceRare15–17 cm
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Ringed Plover 14–17 cm
- Kentish Plover 15–17 cm
- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
- Ringed Plover 17–19 cm
- Pacific Golden-Plover 23–26 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made