Plovers & Lapwings in Mississippi
Our list for Mississippi has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 2 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Mississippi in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
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