Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyCharadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)
- GenusPluvialis (Golden Plovers and Grey Plover)
- SpeciesPluvialis fulva (Pacific Golden-Plover)
Closest Relatives at Sundarbans National Park
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Greater Sandplover
Charadrius leschenaultii
Grey-headed Lapwing
Vanellus cinereus
Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Brown-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
📅 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 Pacific Golden-Plover in Sundarbans National Park?
About 8% of visitor-days record a Pacific Golden-Plover sighting in Sundarbans National Park, based on 78 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Pacific Golden-Plover in Sundarbans National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Pacific Golden-Plover in Sundarbans National Park in our monthly data.