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  7. Common Ringed Plover

BirdUp · Species

Common Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticulaLinnaeus, 1758

Conservation status: Least Concern
Order
CHARADRIIFORMES
Family
Charadriidae
Genus
Charadrius

At a glance

The Common Ringed Plover, listed as Least Concern. It can be seen year-round.

Conservation status
Least Concern
Best seen
Year-round
Commonness
Very common
  • Identification
  • Where
  • When

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

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

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Field specs

Wingspan
48 cm

Measurements · avonet · CC BY 4.0

03 · When

When to look

When can you see a Common Ringed Plover?

The Common Ringed Plover is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.

  1. Jan
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02 · Where

Where to find it

Where does the Common Ringed Plover live in Australia?

The Common Ringed Plover is found in Australia, recorded across 10 of Australia’s bioregions, with a core range spanning inland high Arctic Palearctic from Greenland to north-east Siberia.

BreedingInland high Arctic Palearctic from Greenland to north-east Siberia; to temperate Europe

Non-breedingTo south Europe and Mediterranean, Africa, Middle East; rare vagrant to Australia (primarily WA and TAS)

Distribution from BirdUp Australia community data

Legend

  • Breeding
  • Vagrant

6 regions recorded