Plovers & Lapwings in Yukon Territory
Our list for Yukon Territory has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors and 2 passage migrants
All 4, most common first
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Sep
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–May
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