Plovers & Lapwings in Rhode Island
Our list for Rhode Island has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 3 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Rhode Island in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–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