Crab-Plover

Closest Relatives at Tsavo East National Park

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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	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	10–20%
2	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
3	Ranomafana National Park	🇲🇬 Madagascar	Insufficient data
4	Yala National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Crab-Plover in Tsavo East National Park?

About 13% of visitor-days record a Crab-Plover sighting in Tsavo East National Park, based on 256 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Crab-Plover in Tsavo East National Park?

January has the highest sighting rate for Crab-Plover in Tsavo East National Park in our monthly data.