Plovers & Lapwings in British Columbia
Our list for British Columbia has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in British Columbia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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