Plovers & Lapwings in Manitoba
Our list for Manitoba has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 3 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Manitoba in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Nov
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly May
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