Common ringed plover: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common ringed plover lives – recorded in 82 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Charadrius hiaticula
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	82 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania
Mass	10.9 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Charadriidae

Where does the common ringed plover live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common ringed plover in 82 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a common ringed plover?

Wikidata records the following for the common ringed plover: mass 10.9 g (birth weight).

Is the common ringed plover endangered?

The common ringed plover’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common ringed plover?

The common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) is a bird in the order Charadriiformes and the family Charadriidae, genus Charadrius. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common ringed plover

The common ringed plover, great ringed plover or ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae. It breeds across much of northern Eurasia, as well as Greenland.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common ringed plover (revision 1376074111), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q26816 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).