
The greater sand plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii) is a small wader in the plover family of birds.
Most records Dec to Jan
When Greater Sand Plover sightings peak, from open records. Outside these months it is seen less often, not never.
Curve from 80 national iNaturalist observations, not from one property. Single-month spikes are discarded as upload artefacts, and below 50 records we show no curve at all.
KwaZulu-Natal and beyond
Provinces where Greater Sand Plover is most recorded. Tap one to find places to stay.
80 records, iNaturalist
1 resultaat in Zuid-Afrika
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Anarhynchus leschenaultii
Waarnemingen
80
iNaturalist-waarnemingen
Elke boeking op Spekboom steunt natuurbehoud.
Een waarneming betekent dat een gastheer de Greater Sand Plover op of bij het terrein heeft gezien. Een waarneming is nooit gegarandeerd.
The Greater Sand Plover is most recorded in KwaZulu-Natal (65% of records), Western Cape (28% of records), Eastern Cape (8% of records), based on 80 iNaturalist observations. 1 place to stay on Spekboom in South Africa has recorded the Greater Sand Plover on site or nearby.
Sightings of the Greater Sand Plover peak from Dec to Jan, based on 80 iNaturalist records. You may still see it outside those months, sightings are just less frequent.
The greater sand plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii) is a small wader in the plover family of birds. The spelling is often given as "greater sandplover" or "greater sand-plover", but the official IOC and British Ornithologists' Union spelling is "Greater Sand Plover". The specific leschenaultii commemorates the French botanist Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour.