Plovers & Lapwings in Western Australia
Our list for Western Australia has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Western Australia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Ringed Plover 14–17 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