Plovers

Little Ringed Plover

Flussregenpfeifer

Charadrius dubius

Plovers6 photosFirst seen: 4 September 2026

The Little Ringed Plover is a small freshwater plover that breeds on open gravel and bare mud across Europe, Africa and Asia. It feeds with the typical plover rhythm of short runs, sudden stops and quick pecks.

ID tip: Breeding adults show a bright yellow eye-ring, a narrow black bill and a complete black breast-band. Unlike Common Ringed Plover it lacks a bold white wing-bar in flight and has flesh-coloured rather than orange legs.

First seen: 4 September 2026 · Lake Skadar · 6 photos in the collection.

Places in my records

Locations where this species is supported by a dated first record, an unambiguous single-place outing or a reviewed assignment.

Lake Skadar4 September 2026 Ulcinj Salt Flats6 September 2026

Family: Plovers (Charadriidae)
Length: 14–17 cm
Wingspan: 42–48 cm
Regional status: Summer visitor (Montenegro)
Conservation: Least Concern LCIUCN Red List · retrieved 5 September 2026
Habitat: Bare gravel and mud beside rivers, lakes, reservoirs and flooded workings
Diet: Small insects, worms, crustaceans and other invertebrates

Built from verified occurrence records, not drawn by hand. Core range = the countries holding 99% of all records; the rest are scattered or vagrant records. Record counts track where people watch birds as much as where the birds are, so the map shows presence, not abundance. Data: GBIF (CC BY 4.0). Basemap: Natural Earth.

Little Ringed Plover

Places in my records

Selected photographs