Plovers & Lapwings in Latvia
Our list for Latvia has 5 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 3 summer visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Latvia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Ringed Plover 14–17 cm
- Ringed Plover 17–19 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