European Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricaria
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyCharadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)
- GenusPluvialis (Golden Plovers and Grey Plover)
- SpeciesPluvialis apricaria (European Golden Plover)
Closest Relatives at Monfragüe National Park
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thingvellir National Park | 🇮🇸 Iceland | |
| 2 | Vatnajokull National Park | 🇮🇸 Iceland | |
| 3 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 5 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 7 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 8 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 9 | Hortobágy National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 10 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 11 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 12 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 13 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 14 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a European Golden Plover in Monfragüe National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a European Golden Plover sighting in Monfragüe National Park, based on 74 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see European Golden Plover in Monfragüe National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for European Golden Plover in Monfragüe National Park in our monthly data.