Plovers & Lapwings in Louisiana
Our list for Louisiana has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Louisiana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
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