Common Ringed Plover

Q: What are the chances of seeing a Common Ringed Plover in Hortobágy National Park?

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Ringed Plover sighting in Hortobágy National Park, based on 48 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

Q: When is the best time to see Common Ringed Plover in Hortobágy National Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Common Ringed Plover in Hortobágy National Park in our monthly data.

Charadrius hiaticula

Silhouette: Alexandre Vong · PhyloPic

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderCharadriiformes (Shorebirds and Allies)
FamilyCharadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)
GenusCharadrius (Holarctic Ringed Plovers and Allies)
SpeciesCharadrius hiaticula (Common Ringed Plover)

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

at Hortobágy National Park

48 Verified sightings at Hortobágy National Park From 2019 to 2026

10,039 Verified sightings across all 61 parks From 2019 to 2026

September Best month highest sighting rate

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Common Ringed Plover

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: C. h. psammodromus Salomonsen, 1930 – Arctic of North Atlantic: Ellesmere Island and Baffin Island (northeast Canada, sporadic); Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands and Svalbard (north of Norway)

C. h. hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758 – temperate east North Atlantic region: British Isles and northwest France to south Scandinavia and Baltic States C. h. tundrae (Lowe, 1915) – Arctic Ocean coasts, islands: north Scandinavia to Chukchi Peninsula (northeast Siberia) including Novaya Zemlya and New Siberian Islands (north of northwest, northeast Russia) and St. Lawrence Island (north Bering Sea; erratic... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Hortobágy National Park

Charadrius morinellus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Charadrius alexandrinus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Vanellus vanellus

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Pluvialis squatarola

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Pluvialis apricaria

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Pluvialis fulva

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Larus cachinnans

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Numenius arquata

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Calidris pugnax

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Chlidonias hybrida

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Himantopus himantopus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

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Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	~30%
2	Lake Nakuru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~20%
3	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	~20%
4	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	~20%
5	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	~20%
6	Vatnajokull National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	~10%
7	Camargue	🇫🇷 France	~10%
8	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~10%
9	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~10%
10	Arusha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
11	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
12	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
13	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	~10%
14	Hortobágy National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	~10%
15	Queen Elizabeth National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	~10%
16	Kiskunság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	~10%
17	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	~10%
18	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	~10%
19	Liwonde National Park	🇲🇼 Malawi	~10%
20	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~10%
21	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
22	Białowieża National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	~10%
23	Thingvellir National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	<5%
24	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
25	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
26	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	<5%
27	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	<5%
28	Samburu National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
29	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
30	Virunga National Park	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	<5%
31	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
32	Niokolo-Koba National Park	🇸🇳 Senegal	<5%
33	Yala National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	<5%
34	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
35	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	<5%
36	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	<5%
37	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
38	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	<5%
39	Hwange National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	<5%
40	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	<5%
41	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	<5%
42	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	<5%
43	Monfragüe National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	<5%
44	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
45	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	<5%
46	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
47	Gonarezhou National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	Insufficient data
48	Selous Game Reserve	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
49	Mikumi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
50	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	Insufficient data
51	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	Insufficient data
52	Lower Zambezi National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	Insufficient data
53	Pilanesberg National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
54	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	Insufficient data
55	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	Insufficient data
56	Aberdare National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	Insufficient data
57	Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park	🇲🇳 Mongolia	Insufficient data
58	Ranomafana National Park	🇲🇬 Madagascar	Insufficient data
59	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	Insufficient data
60	Lake Mburo National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	Insufficient data
61	Kibale National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Common Ringed Plover in Hortobágy National Park?

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Ringed Plover sighting in Hortobágy National Park, based on 48 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Common Ringed Plover in Hortobágy National Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Common Ringed Plover in Hortobágy National Park in our monthly data.

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Common Ringed Plover

About the Common Ringed Plover

Recent sightings of Common Ringed Plover in Hortobágy National Park

Closest Relatives at Hortobágy National Park

Eurasian Dotterel

Kentish Plover

Northern Lapwing

Black-bellied Plover

European Golden Plover

Pacific Golden-Plover

Black-headed Gull

Caspian Gull

Eurasian Curlew

Ruff

Whiskered Tern

Black-winged Stilt

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

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