Plovers & Lapwings in Serbia
Our list for Serbia has 6 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 3 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Serbia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantRare26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
DotterelEudromias morinellusScarceRare20–22 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Ringed Plover 14–17 cm
- Ringed Plover 17–19 cm
- Dotterel 20–22 cm
- Golden Plover 26–29 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