Plovers & Lapwings in Egypt
Our list for Egypt has 6 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 4 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Egypt in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantRare26–29 cmRegularly Dec
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