Plovers & Lapwings in Norway
Our list for Norway has 8 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 5 summer visitors, 1 passage migrant and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Norway in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
DotterelEudromias morinellusSummer visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaScarceRare23–26 cm
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaScarceRare24–28 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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