Plovers & Lapwings in Iceland
Our list for Iceland has 5 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Iceland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Ringed Plover 17–19 cm
- American Golden-Plover 24–28 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