Common Ringed Plover

Q: What are the chances of seeing a Common Ringed Plover in Masai Mara National Reserve?

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Common Ringed Plover sighting in Masai Mara National Reserve, based on 39 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

Q: When is the best time to see Common Ringed Plover in Masai Mara National Reserve?

December has the highest sighting rate for Common Ringed Plover in Masai Mara National Reserve 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 <5% · Rare

at Masai Mara National Reserve

39 Verified sightings at Masai Mara National Reserve From 2019 to 2026

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

December 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 Masai Mara National Reserve

Charadrius asiaticus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Vanellus coronatus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Vanellus senegallus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Vanellus spinosus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Vanellus melanopterus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Vanellus lugubris

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Vanellus armatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Vanellus crassirostris

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Cursorius temminckii

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Actitis hypoleucos

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Actophilornis africanus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Tringa glareola

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

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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 Masai Mara National Reserve?

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Common Ringed Plover sighting in Masai Mara National Reserve, based on 39 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Common Ringed Plover in Masai Mara National Reserve?

December has the highest sighting rate for Common Ringed Plover in Masai Mara National Reserve in our monthly data.

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Common Ringed Plover

About the Common Ringed Plover

Recent sightings of Common Ringed Plover in Masai Mara National Reserve

Closest Relatives at Masai Mara National Reserve

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Crowned Lapwing

African Wattled Lapwing

Spur-winged Lapwing

Black-winged Lapwing

Senegal Lapwing

Blacksmith Lapwing

Long-toed Lapwing

Temminck's Courser

Common Sandpiper

African Jacana

Wood Sandpiper

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

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