Oriental Pratincole
Glareola maldivarum
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyGlareolidae (Pratincoles and Coursers)
- GenusGlareola (Typical Pratincoles)
- SpeciesGlareola maldivarum (Oriental Pratincole)
Closest Relatives at Taroko National Park
European Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
Grey-tailed Tattler
Tringa brevipes
Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Greater Sandplover
Charadrius leschenaultii
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
📅 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 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 3 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 5 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 6 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 8 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 9 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 10 | Litchfield National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 11 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 12 | Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 13 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 14 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 15 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Oriental Pratincole in Taroko National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Oriental Pratincole sighting in Taroko National Park, based on 23 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Oriental Pratincole in Taroko National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Oriental Pratincole in Taroko National Park in our monthly data.