Charadrius hiaticula
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Ringed Plover sighting in Monrovia on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 28th most-seen of the 59 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Ringed Plover in Monrovia on a given day, against under 5% in June–September and November, the lowest months. That is one of Monrovia's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain against 400 mm in August. March to May have too few records to rate.
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.
19th of 48
Of the 48 cities where we can rate Common Ringed Plover sightings, Monrovia ranks 19th at about 10%. The best odds are in Zanzibar City (Tanzania, about 50%), Kuwait City (Kuwait, about 30%) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Ringed Plover is recorded against all the birds logged in Monrovia (11 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.
