Plovers & Lapwings in India
Our list for India has 6 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 resident and 5 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in India in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorRare28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Ringed Plover 14–17 cm
- Kentish Plover 15–17 cm
- Ringed Plover 17–19 cm
- Pacific Golden-Plover 23–26 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