Plovers & Lapwings in Ukraine
Our list for Ukraine has 6 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 3 summer visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Ukraine 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
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Ringed Plover 14–17 cm
- Kentish Plover 15–17 cm
- Ringed Plover 17–19 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