Plovers & Lapwings in Greece
Our list for Greece has 7 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 4 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Greece in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Ringed Plover 14–17 cm
- Kentish Plover 15–17 cm
- Ringed Plover 17–19 cm
- Dotterel 20–22 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