Plovers & Lapwings in Bermuda
Our list for Bermuda has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 winter visitor and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Bermuda in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Piping Plover 17–18 cm
- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 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