Kentish Plover

Closest Relatives at Wilpattu 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	Yala National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	20–30%
2	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	10–20%
3	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	10–20%
4	Wilpattu National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	0–10%
5	Kiskunság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	0–10%
6	Sundarbans National Park	🇮🇳 India	0–10%
7	Satpura National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
8	Minneriya National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	<5%
9	Ranthambore National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
10	Chitwan National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	<5%
11	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	<5%
12	Taroko National Park	🇹🇼 Taiwan	<5%
13	Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park	🇲🇳 Mongolia	<5%
14	Hortobágy National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	<5%
15	Bali Barat National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	<5%
16	Keoladeo National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
17	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
18	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	<5%
19	Kaziranga National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
20	Jim Corbett National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
21	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
22	Way Kambas National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	Insufficient data
23	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	Insufficient data
24	Khao Yai National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	Insufficient data
25	Kanha National Park	🇮🇳 India	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Kentish Plover in Wilpattu National Park?

About 9% of visitor-days record a Kentish Plover sighting in Wilpattu National Park, based on 38 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Kentish Plover in Wilpattu National Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Kentish Plover in Wilpattu National Park in our monthly data.