Plovers & Lapwings in Lebanon
Our list for Lebanon has 6 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 winter visitor and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Lebanon in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Dec
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Ringed Plover 14–17 cm
- Kentish Plover 15–17 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