Plovers & Lapwings in France
Our list for France has 9 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in France in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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