Plovers & Lapwings in Virginia
Our list for Virginia has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Virginia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
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