Charadrius hiaticula
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The common ringed plover, great ringed plover or ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae. It breeds across much of northern Eurasia, as well as Greenland. The common ringed plover was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the current binomial name Charadrius hiaticula. Linnaeus specified the type locality as "Europa & America" but this is now restricted to Sweden. The specific epithet hiaticula is late Medieval Latin for a plover.
Three subspecies are recognised: Lawrence Island (north Bering Sea; erratic... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zanzibar City | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Kuwait City | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | |
| 3 | Ouagadougou | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | |
| 4 | Manama | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | |
| 5 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 6 | Dar es-Salaam | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 7 | Casablanca | 🇲🇦 Morocco | |
| 8 | Maputo | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 9 | Mombasa | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 10 | Jeddah | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dresden Zoo | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Slimbridge Wetland Centre | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Wildpark Schwarze Berge | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Cologne Zoological Garden | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Aachener Tierpark Euregiozoo | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 6 | Cologne Zoo Aquarium | 🇩🇪 Germany |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Common Ringed Plover sighting in Kuwait City on a given day, based on 163 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 23rd most-seen of the 157 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and September
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Common Ringed Plover in Kuwait City on a given day, against about 10% in March, the lowest month.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Ringed Plover sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 48
Of the 48 cities where we can rate Common Ringed Plover sightings, Kuwait City ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in Zanzibar City (Tanzania, about 50%).
Same genus: Charadrius
The closest relatives of the Common Ringed Plover that you can see in Kuwait City (genus Charadrius, Holarctic Ringed Plovers and Allies) are Kentish Plover (about 50%) and Greater Sandplover (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Ringed Plover is recorded against all the birds logged in Kuwait City (163 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
