Plovers & Lapwings in Barbados
Our list for Barbados has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Barbados in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaWinter visitorCommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
- Pacific Golden-Plover 23–26 cm
- American Golden-Plover 24–28 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