Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyCharadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)
- GenusCharadrius (Holarctic Ringed Plovers and Allies)
- SpeciesCharadrius alexandrinus (Kentish Plover)
Closest Relatives at Taroko National Park
Greater Sandplover
Charadrius leschenaultii
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
European Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
Oriental Pratincole
Glareola maldivarum
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
Grey-tailed Tattler
Tringa brevipes
Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
📅 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 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 4 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 6 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 9 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 11 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 12 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 13 | Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | |
| 14 | Hortobágy National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 15 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 16 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 17 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 18 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 19 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 20 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 21 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 22 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 23 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 24 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 25 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Kentish Plover in Taroko National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Kentish Plover sighting in Taroko National Park, based on 23 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Kentish Plover in Taroko National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Kentish Plover in Taroko National Park in our monthly data.