Piping Plover

Closest Relatives at Celestún Biosphere Reserve

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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
2	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
3	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
4	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
5	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
6	Ciénaga de Zapata	🇨🇺 Cuba	Insufficient data
7	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Piping Plover in Celestún Biosphere Reserve?

About 1% of visitor-days record a Piping Plover sighting in Celestún Biosphere Reserve, based on 22 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Piping Plover in Celestún Biosphere Reserve?

December has the highest sighting rate for Piping Plover in Celestún Biosphere Reserve in our monthly data.