Bird
Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula · Charadriidae · Charadriiformes
Best monthsMay · Aug–Sepmost records
Records1,800,010in 108 countries
Most seen inSweden463,267 records
Red ListLeast concernIUCN status
About
Common Ringed Plover in brief
The common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) is a bird of the Charadriidae family — species of bird.
Across the 108 countries we cover it has 1,800,010 published records, most of them from Sweden, Denmark and Norway. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in May, August and September and fall to their lowest in November and December.
Its global conservation status is least concern on the IUCN Red List.
Records by month
All countries combined · the strongest months highlightedJFMAMJJASOND
Where & when
When to look in each country
Sweden463,267 records · best Aug, May
Denmark214,483 records · best Aug, Jul
Norway212,601 records · best Aug, May
United Kingdom193,857 records · best May, Aug
Netherlands183,561 records · best May, Sep
Spain130,137 records · best Sep, May
France76,379 records · best Sep, May
Portugal60,576 records · best Sep, Oct
Finland35,019 records · best May, Jun
Israel27,934 records · best Sep, Oct
Belgium21,697 records · best May, Sep
Germany20,612 records · best Sep, May
Estonia20,147 records · best May, Aug
Iceland19,251 records · best Jun, May
Ireland13,744 records · best Sep, Aug
United Arab Emirates10,655 records · best Oct, Jan
Poland10,467 records · best Aug, Sep
Russia7,739 records · best Sep, Aug
Kenya6,944 records · best Jan, Oct
Türkiye5,789 records · best Sep, May
Morocco5,033 records · best Apr, Mar
Italy4,302 records · best May, Sep
Greece4,195 records · best May, Sep
Senegal3,154 records · best Jan, Feb
Tanzania3,065 records · best Oct, Feb
Oman2,831 records · best Nov, Feb
Austria2,378 records · best Sep, Aug
Egypt2,312 records · best Oct, Dec
Gambia2,294 records · best Nov, Jan
Czechia2,278 records · best Sep, May
Namibia2,182 records · best Nov, Oct
Saudi Arabia1,885 records · best Oct, Feb
Bulgaria1,754 records · best Sep, May
Mozambique1,745 records · best Dec, Nov
Kuwait1,710 records · best Apr, Sep
Iran1,698 records · best Jan, Feb
Ukraine1,573 records · best Aug, Sep
Georgia1,557 records · best Sep, Oct
Madagascar1,355 records · best Nov, Oct
Switzerland1,239 records · best Sep, May
Hungary1,202 records · best Sep, May
Cyprus1,188 records · best Apr, Sep
Cape Verde1,145 records · best Apr, Mar
Romania928 records · best Sep, Aug
Ghana922 records · best Nov, Feb
Sri Lanka834 records · best Dec, Jan
Ethiopia776 records · best Nov, Feb
Croatia742 records · best Sep, May
Azerbaijan677 records · best Oct, Sep
Qatar590 records · best Sep, Mar
Lithuania576 records · best Sep, Aug
Slovenia562 records · best Aug, Sep
Belarus546 records · best Sep, Aug
Japan536 records · best Sep, Jan
Latvia436 records · best Aug, Sep
Mauritania392 records · best Jan, Nov
Kazakhstan354 records · best May, Sep
Jordan305 records · best Sep, Oct
Slovakia300 records · best Sep, May
Tunisia267 records · best Apr, Sep
Djibouti261 records · best Sep, Oct
Bahrain259 records · best Nov, Oct
Serbia250 records · best Sep, Aug
Guinea-Bissau231 records · best Jan, Oct
Malta197 records · best May, Sep
Albania191 records · best May, Sep
Algeria155 records · best Sep, Oct
Armenia148 records · best May, Apr
Mongolia138 records · best Jul, May
Sudan131 records · best Mar, Dec
Gabon121 records · best Nov, Jan
Yemen119 records · best Oct, Jan
Montenegro111 records · best Apr, Sep
Lebanon100 records · best Sep, Oct
Guinea94 records · best Jan, Feb
Seychelles76 records · best Nov, Dec
Moldova74 records · best Oct, Sep
Palestine74 records · best Sep, Oct
Ivory Coast63 records · best Jan, Apr
Liberia54 records · best Feb, Sep
Togo45 records · best Jan, Feb
Burkina Faso44 records · best Mar, Apr
Libya44 records · best Oct, Sep
Sierra Leone43 records · best Dec, Jan
Somalia37 records · best Jan, Feb
Uzbekistan31 records · best Apr, May
Iraq30 records · best Aug, May
Eritrea29 records · best Jan, Oct
Mauritius24 records · best Nov, Dec
Luxembourg17 records · best Sep, May
Bosnia and Herzegovina14 records · best May, Apr
Burundi14 records · best Dec, Oct
Syria14 records · best Apr, Sep
Chad14 records · best Oct, Feb
Niger13 records · best Oct, Apr
Palau12 records · best Oct, Dec
São Tomé and Príncipe11 records · best Mar, Nov
North Macedonia8 records · best Sep, May
Comoros7 records · best Jan, Oct
Mali7 records · best Oct, Nov
Barbados5 records · best Sep, Aug
Saint Lucia5 records · best Jan, Feb
Maldives5 records · best Nov, Jan
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines5 records · best Aug, Dec
Turkmenistan4 records · best Aug, Mar
Kosovo2 records · best Mar, Apr
Grenada1 records · best Sep, Jan
Marshall Islands1 records · best Oct, Jan
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Where it has been recorded
Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.
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