Plovers & Lapwings in Pennsylvania
Our list for Pennsylvania has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Pennsylvania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
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