Plovers & Lapwings in Singapore
Our list for Singapore has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 4 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Singapore in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Ringed Plover 14–17 cm
- Kentish Plover 15–17 cm
- Pacific Golden-Plover 23–26 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 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