Plovers & Lapwings in Macao SAR China
Our list for Macao SAR China has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 winter visitor and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Macao SAR China in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Dec
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Ringed Plover 14–17 cm
- Kentish Plover 15–17 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