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 Jim Corbett National Park
Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
River Lapwing
Vanellus duvaucelii
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus malabaricus
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
River Tern
Sterna aurantia
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Great Thick-knee
Esacus recurvirostris
Bronze-winged Jacana
Metopidius indicus
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 Jim Corbett National Park?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Kentish Plover sighting in Jim Corbett National Park, based on 8 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Kentish Plover in Jim Corbett National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Kentish Plover in Jim Corbett National Park in our monthly data.