Plovers & Lapwings in Uzbekistan
Our list for Uzbekistan has 5 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
All 5, most common first
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantCommon28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaScarceRare27–30 cmRegularly May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Ringed Plover 14–17 cm
- Kentish Plover 15–17 cm
- Ringed Plover 17–19 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