Plovers & Lapwings in Kenya
Our list for Kenya has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Kenya in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Feb
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Ringed Plover 14–17 cm
- Ringed Plover 17–19 cm
- Pacific Golden-Plover 23–26 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 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