#0787 · 🐦 birds
Eurasian Dotterel
🇳🇱 Morinelplevier ·Eudromias morinellus
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what is it?
The Eurasian dotterel ( Charadrius morinellus ), also known in Europe as just dotterel , is a small wader in the plover family of birds.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 30 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,327 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Eurasian Dotterel
- Nederlands
- Morinelplevier
- scientific name
- Eudromias morinellus
- class
- Aves
- order
- Charadriiformes
- family
- Charadriidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 30
- sightings in Europe
- 1,092
- sightings worldwide
- 1,327
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Charadriidae
#0554 📷 10Northern Lapwing
🇳🇱 Kievit
Vanellus vanellus
NT 👀 2.7k in NL
#0621 📷 10Common Ringed Plover
🇳🇱 Bontbekplevier
Charadrius hiaticula
LC 👀 507 in NL
#0631 📷 7Little Ringed Plover
🇳🇱 Kleine Plevier
Thinornis dubius
LC 👀 427 in NL
#0634 📷 10European Golden-Plover
🇳🇱 Goudplevier
Pluvialis apricaria
LC 👀 421 in NL
#0663 📷 9Black-bellied Plover
🇳🇱 Zilverplevier
Pluvialis squatarola
VU 👀 242 in NL
#0800 📷 7Kentish Plover
🇳🇱 Strandplevier
Anarhynchus alexandrinus
LC 👀 24 in NL
#0869 📷 8White-tailed Lapwing
🇳🇱 Witstaartkievit
Vanellus leucurus
LC 👀 9 in NL
#0870 📷 10Sociable Lapwing
🇳🇱 Steppekievit
Vanellus gregarius
CR 👀 9 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 4788, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.