Plovers & Lapwings in Ontario
Our list for Ontario has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Ontario 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 squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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