Plovers & Lapwings in Azerbaijan
Our list for Azerbaijan has 6 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Azerbaijan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–May
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
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