Plovers & Lapwings in Newfoundland and Labrador
Our list for Newfoundland and Labrador has 7 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 5 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Newfoundland and Labrador in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Apr–May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusScarceUncommon28–31 cm
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly May–Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Piping Plover 17–18 cm
- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
- Ringed Plover 17–19 cm
- American Golden-Plover 24–28 cm
- Golden Plover 26–29 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Northern Lapwing 28–31 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