Plovers & Lapwings in Tunisia
Our list for Tunisia has 7 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 3 winter visitors, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Tunisia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
DotterelEudromias morinellusScarceUncommon20–22 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Ringed Plover 14–17 cm
- Kentish Plover 15–17 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