Three-Banded Plover

Where to see

Three-Banded Plover

Charadrius tricollaris

uMkhuze Game Reserve leads · 27 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Three-Banded Plover during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 uMkhuze Game Reserve 🇿🇦 South Africa
~60%
2 Semuliki National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~60%
3 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~50%
4 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~40%
5 West Coast National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~40%
6 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~40%
7 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~40%
8 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~40%
9 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
~40%
10 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~40%
11 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~30%
12 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~30%
13 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~30%
14 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~30%
15 Amboseli National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~30%
16 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
~30%
17 De Hoop Nature Reserve 🇿🇦 South Africa
~20%
18 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~20%
19 Samburu National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
~20%
20 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~20%
21 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
~20%
22 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~20%
23 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~20%
24 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~20%
25 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Three-Banded Plover?

uMkhuze Game Reserve

In uMkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Three-Banded Plover sighting on a given day, the highest of the 27 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Three-Banded Plover?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are October and December in uMkhuze Game Reserve (about 80%), February in Semuliki National Park (about 80%) and March and December in Nairobi National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Three-Banded Plover on a given day. Each park's Three-Banded Plover page has the full month-by-month chart.