Plovers & Lapwings in Vietnam
Our list for Vietnam has 5 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 3 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Vietnam in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Mar
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantRare28–31 cmRegularly Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Ringed Plover 14–17 cm
- Kentish Plover 15–17 cm
- Pacific Golden-Plover 23–26 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