Plovers & Lapwings in Washington
Our list for Washington has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 winter visitor and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Washington in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
- Pacific Golden-Plover 23–26 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