Common Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758 — also called Ringed Plover, ringed plover, great ringed plover. Occurrence records of the Common Ringed Plover are shared on GBIF from around 25 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area (766 records), in 4 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernCharadriidae

25reserves with records

3 705records around them

4provinces

LCIUCN category

Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) — Photo: Andreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	766
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	700
Helderberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	473
De Mond Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	355
Macassar Dunes Conservation AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	307
Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	175
Pauline Bohnen Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	124
Steenbok Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	112
Burman BushProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	105
Cape Recife Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	82
Kabeljous Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	62
Featherbed Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	61
Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	58
Bronkhorstspruit Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	47
Bronkies Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	46
Cape Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	45
Paternoster MiddenProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	37
Stilbaai Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	37
Fort D' Acre ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	29
Morris point / Uitkyk puntNature reserve	WC Western Cape	26
Kowie Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	20
Sixteen Mile Beach Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	16
Walker Bay Whale SanctuaryMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	10
Cape Columbine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	7
Bronkies Angling and Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	5

By province

Western Cape: 17 reserves
Eastern Cape: 4 reserves
Gauteng: 3 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Scientific name: Charadrius hiaticula
GBIF taxon: 9566659
Wikidata: Q26816

More of the Charadriidae family

Blacksmith Lapwing Crowned Lapwing African Wattled Lapwing Three-banded Plover White-fronted Plover Kittlitz's Plover Grey Plover Black-winged Lapwing Senegal Lapwing White-crowned Lapwing

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.