Plovers & Lapwings in Russia
Our list for Russia has 8 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 6 summer visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Russia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–May
DotterelEudromias morinellusScarceRare20–22 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