Plovers & Lapwings in Puerto Rico
Our list for Puerto Rico has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 2 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Puerto Rico in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Mar
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