Plovers & Lapwings in Tennessee
Our list for Tennessee 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 Tennessee in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
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