Plovers & Lapwings in Turkey
Our list for Turkey has 8 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 summer visitor, 3 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Turkey in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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