Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyCharadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)
- GenusCharadrius (Holarctic Ringed Plovers and Allies)
- SpeciesCharadrius alexandrinus (Kentish Plover)
Closest Relatives at Fertő-Hanság National Park
Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
Eurasian Dotterel
Charadrius morinellus
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
European Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricaria
Sociable Lapwing
Vanellus gregarius
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
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 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 4 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 6 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 9 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 11 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 12 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 13 | Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | |
| 14 | Hortobágy National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 15 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 16 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 17 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 18 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 19 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 20 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 21 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 22 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 23 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 24 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 25 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Kentish Plover in Fertő-Hanság National Park?
About 14% of visitor-days record a Kentish Plover sighting in Fertő-Hanság National Park, based on 229 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Kentish Plover in Fertő-Hanság National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Kentish Plover in Fertő-Hanság National Park in our monthly data.