Plovers & Lapwings in Gambia
Our list for Gambia has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 4 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Gambia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
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