Plovers & Lapwings in Albania
Our list for Albania has 6 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 2 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Albania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Ringed Plover 14–17 cm
- Kentish Plover 15–17 cm
- Ringed Plover 17–19 cm
- Golden Plover 26–29 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Northern Lapwing 28–31 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