Plovers & Lapwings in Nepal
Our list for Nepal has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Nepal in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorRare28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Ringed Plover 14–17 cm
- Kentish Plover 15–17 cm
- Pacific Golden-Plover 23–26 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