Plovers & Lapwings in Costa Rica
Our list for Costa Rica has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 2 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Costa Rica in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaScarceRare23–26 cm
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Oct–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