Kittlitz's Plover

Charadrius pecuarius Temminck, 1823 — also called Kittlitz's sandplover, Kittlitz's Plover, Kittlitz's sandplover, Kittlitz's sand plover. Occurrence records of the Kittlitz's Plover are shared on GBIF from around 27 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area (682 records), in 5 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernCharadriidae

27reserves with records

3 420records around them

5provinces

LCIUCN category

Kittlitz's Plover (Charadrius pecuarius) — Photo: D. Gordon E. Robertson · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	682
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	606
Grysbok ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	492
Knysna National Lake AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	327
De Mond Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	243
Rocherpan Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	184
Steenbok Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	172
West Coast Fossil ParkProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	92
Featherbed Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	87
Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	71
Paternoster MiddenProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	65
Kabeljous Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	64
Bronkhorstspruit Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	46
Bronkies Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	46
Vaaldam Nature ReserveProtected area	MP Mpumalanga	41
Lutzville Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	40
Loskop Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	31
Rocherpan Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	24
Walker Bay Whale SanctuaryMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	22
Nooitgedacht Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	16
Kowie Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	14
Sixteen Mile Beach Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	13
Bridle Drift Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	11
Mzamba Fossil bedsProtected heritage site	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	10
Marcus Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	10
Fort D' Acre ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	9
Cape Vidal State ForestForest reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	2

By province

Western Cape: 16 reserves
Eastern Cape: 4 reserves
Mpumalanga: 3 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 2 reserves
Gauteng: 2 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Scientific name: Charadrius pecuarius
GBIF taxon: 2480317
Wikidata: Q774208

More of the Charadriidae family

Blacksmith Lapwing Crowned Lapwing African Wattled Lapwing Three-banded Plover White-fronted Plover Common Ringed 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.