Plovers & Lapwings in Montana
Our list for Montana has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Montana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly May–Jul
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