Plovers & Lapwings in Germany
Our list for Germany has 8 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 4 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Germany in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug
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