White-fronted Plover

Charadrius marginatus Vieillot, 1818 — also called white-fronted sand plover. Occurrence records of the White-fronted Plover are shared on GBIF from around 42 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Table Mountain National Park (1 260 records), in 5 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernCharadriidae

42reserves with records

8 323records around them

5provinces

LCIUCN category

White-fronted Plover (Charadrius marginatus) — Photo: Charadrius_marginatus.jpg : MBoy68 derivative work: Berichard ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Table Mountain National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	1 260
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	901
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	837
Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	556
East London Coast Nature ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	453
Betty's Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	421
Seal IslandNature reserve	WC Western Cape	412
Stony Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	403
Stony Point Penguin ColonyNature reserve	WC Western Cape	403
Trafalgar Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	315
De Mond Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	313
Pauline Bohnen Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	246
Rocherpan Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	195
Umhlanga LagoonProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	151
Grysbok ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	136
Gonubie Mouth Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	EC Eastern Cape	134
Gonubie Bird Sanctuary NPOWildlife sanctuary	EC Eastern Cape	134
Woody Cape Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	110
Turtle Beaches / Coral Reefs of TongalandMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	107
Paternoster MiddenProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	96
Steenbok Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	82
Goukamma Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	70
Rocherpan Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	63
Kabeljous Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	60
Fort D' Acre ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	60
Sixteen Mile Beach Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	45
Maputaland Marine ReserveMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	45
Lutzville Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	38
Sardinia Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	37
Kosi BayNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	35
Walker Bay Whale SanctuaryMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	35
Goukamma Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	33
Kowie Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	31
St. Lucia Marine ReserveMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	21
Amathole Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	20
Mzamba Fossil bedsProtected heritage site	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	19
Namaqua National Park Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	NC Northern Cape	15
Vogelgat Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	13
Marcus Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	6
Mbumbazi Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	5
Umlalazi Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	5
Loskop Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	2

By province

Western Cape: 22 reserves
Eastern Cape: 9 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 9 reserves
Mpumalanga: 1 reserve
Northern Cape: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Scientific name: Charadrius marginatus
GBIF taxon: 2480288
Wikidata: Q429339

More of the Charadriidae family

Blacksmith Lapwing Crowned Lapwing African Wattled Lapwing Three-banded Plover Kittlitz's 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.