Plovers & Lapwings in Algeria
Our list for Algeria has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 2 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Algeria in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cmBody 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