Plovers & Lapwings in Florida
Our list for Florida has 5 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Florida in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaWinter visitorRare24–28 cmRegularly Aug–May
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug
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