Plovers & Lapwings in Mongolia
Our list for Mongolia has 6 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 6 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Mongolia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Oct
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug
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