Plovers & Lapwings in Bahrain
Our list for Bahrain has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 3 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Bahrain in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
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