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Where does the Greater Sand-Plover live?

Charadrius leschenaultii has 142,360 records in 137 countries and territories, from 1865 to 2026. Most records come from Australia.

Greater Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover — Photo: MPF · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesCharadriidaeCharadrius

When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Australia 34,537
Taiwan 28,553
India 15,425
Thailand 7,834
Israel 4,892
United Arab Emirates 4,864
China 4,195
Oman 2,948
Kenya 2,487
Hong Kong 2,462
Philippines 2,398
Malaysia 2,236
Sweden 1,806
Netherlands 1,766
Indonesia 1,599
Iran 1,498
Kuwait 1,432
South Africa 1,317
Sri Lanka 1,226
Japan 1,168
Madagascar 1,007
Saudi Arabia 976
Türkiye 898
Mongolia 873
Kazakhstan 852
Egypt 811
Cyprus 706
Tanzania 656
Mozambique 563
United Kingdom 558
New Zealand 523
Norway 518
Palau 474
Singapore 462
Seychelles 446
Vietnam 411
Qatar 400
France 336
Bangladesh 331
Greece 314

Showing the top 40 of 137 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.