Plovers & Lapwings in Pakistan
Our list for Pakistan has 6 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 2 winter visitors, 3 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Pakistan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Jan
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaScarceRare23–26 cm
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