Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyCharadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)
- GenusCharadrius (Holarctic Ringed Plovers and Allies)
- SpeciesCharadrius hiaticula (Common Ringed Plover)
Closest Relatives at Monfragüe National Park
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
European Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricaria
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemus
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimus
📅 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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Common Ringed Plover in Monfragüe National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Common Ringed Plover sighting in Monfragüe National Park, based on 36 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Common Ringed Plover in Monfragüe National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Common Ringed Plover in Monfragüe National Park in our monthly data.