Charadrius hiaticula
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In 3 days >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...
| # | 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 | Monrovia | 🇱🇷 Liberia | |
| 9 | Maputo | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 10 | Mombasa | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| # | 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 |
Very likely
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Common Ringed Plover sighting in Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary on a given day, based on 134 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 17th most-seen of the 173 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January to April
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Common Ringed Plover in Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary on a given day, against about 60% in November and December, the lowest months. Those are among Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary's driest months, with almost no rain against 55 mm in August. May to October 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.
Yes
Of the 49 parks where we can rate Common Ringed Plover sightings, Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary has the highest daily chance: about 70%. Next come West Coast National Park (South Africa, about 50%) and Wadden Sea National Park (Germany, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Charadrius
The closest relatives of the Common Ringed Plover that you can see in Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (genus Charadrius, Holarctic Ringed Plovers and Allies) are Kittlitz's Plover (about 50%) and Kentish Plover (about 40%), 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 Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (134 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
