Charadrius pecuarius
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
Kittlitz's plover (Anarhynchus pecuarius) is a small shorebird (35–40 g) in the family Charadriidae that breeds near coastal and inland saltmarshes, sandy or muddy riverbanks or alkaline grasslands with short vegetation. It is native to much of Sub-Saharan Africa, the Nile Delta and Madagascar. It is thought to be mainly polygamous and has monomorphic plumage.
Kittlitz's plover is a small shorebird weighing between 35 and 40 grams. Both males and females share similar physical characteristics, with a black bill, dark brown eyes framed by black eyelids, and black legs, although at times, the legs can appear greenish or grey. During the breeding season, the male displays distinct features, including a white forehead, a blackish bar followed by a narrow white bar on the forecrown, while the remainder of the crown appears brown with sandy tips on the feathers. A black stripe, separated from the crown by a white superciliary stripe, runs from the bill through the eye and extends to the side of the neck, forming a collar across the upper mantle. The mantle is dark grey-brown, and the other upperparts are sooty brown with feathers featuring sandy rufous margins. The face...
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 3 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 7 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 8 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 9 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | De Hoop Nature Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 11 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 12 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 13 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 14 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 15 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 16 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 17 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 18 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 19 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antananarivo | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 2 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Maputo | 🇲🇿 Mozambique |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tierpark Hagenbeck | 🇩🇪 Germany |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Kittlitz's Plover sighting in Queen Elizabeth National Park on a given day, based on 506 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 41st most-seen of the 439 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and October
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Kittlitz's Plover in Queen Elizabeth National Park on a given day, against about 20% in May, the lowest month.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Kittlitz's Plover sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 19
Of the 19 parks where we can rate Kittlitz's Plover sightings, Queen Elizabeth National Park ranks 5th at about 40%. The best odds are in West Coast National Park (South Africa, about 70%), Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (Senegal, about 50%) and Amboseli National Park (Kenya, about 50%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Charadrius
The closest relatives of the Kittlitz's Plover that you can see in Queen Elizabeth National Park (genus Charadrius, Holarctic Ringed Plovers and Allies) are Three-Banded Plover (about 20%) and Common Ringed Plover (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Kittlitz's Plover is recorded against all the birds logged in Queen Elizabeth National Park (506 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.
