Plovers & Lapwings in Sri Lanka
Our list for Sri Lanka has 5 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 5 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Sri Lanka in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
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
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