Plovers & Lapwings in Mexico
Our list for Mexico has 5 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 3 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Mexico in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–May
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Piping Plover 17–18 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