Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyCharadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)
- GenusPluvialis (Golden Plovers and Grey Plover)
- SpeciesPluvialis squatarola (Black-bellied Plover)
Closest Relatives at Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominica
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Cabot's Tern
Thalasseus acuflavidus
Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
📅 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 Black-bellied Plover in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Black-bellied Plover sighting in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, based on 48 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Black-bellied Plover in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve?
September has the highest sighting rate for Black-bellied Plover in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve in our monthly data.