Plovers & Lapwings in Slovakia
Our list for Slovakia has 6 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Slovakia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Aug
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