Plovers & Lapwings in Nunavut
Our list for Nunavut has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors and 2 passage migrants
All 4, most common first
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantCommon24–28 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Jul
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
- Ringed 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