Plovers & Lapwings in Alaska
Our list for Alaska has 5 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 4 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Alaska in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
- Ringed 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