
The white-fronted plover or white-fronted sandplover is a small (45-50 g) shorebird of the family Charadriidae that inhabits sandy beaches, dunes, mudflats and the shores of rivers and lakes in sub-saharan Africa and Madagascar.
Recorded year-round
Recorded in every month, so no month is the wrong month to look. We would rather say that than invent a best time.
Curve from 2,455 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.
Western Cape and beyond
Provinces where White-fronted Plover is most recorded. Tap one to find places to stay.
2,456 records, iNaturalist






20+ resultados em África do Sul
Planejando uma viagem
Os anfitriões registraram esta espécie (White-fronted Plover) em hospedagens dentro ou ao lado de Kruger National Park, Goukamma Nature Reserve and iSimangaliso Wetland Park.
Dirija por conta própria
Seu próprio veículo e seu próprio ritmo, nas estradas do parque.
Onde os anfitriões registram
Espécie
Anarhynchus marginatus
Registros
2 456
Observações no iNaturalist
Cada reserva no Spekboom apoia a conservação.
Um registro significa que um anfitrião avistou esta espécie (White-fronted Plover) na propriedade ou nas proximidades. Nunca é garantia de avistamento.
Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the White-fronted Plover at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Goukamma Nature Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, Keurbooms River Nature Reserve, Kogelberg Nature Reserve and Robberg Nature Reserve. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.
The White-fronted Plover is most recorded in Western Cape (67% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (18% of records), Eastern Cape (11% of records), based on 2 456 iNaturalist observations. 25 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the White-fronted Plover on site or nearby.
The White-fronted Plover is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; Goukamma Nature Reserve: year-round, warm Oct-Apr; iSimangaliso Wetland Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep; Keurbooms River Nature Reserve: year-round. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.
The white-fronted plover or white-fronted sandplover is a small (45-50 g) shorebird of the family Charadriidae that inhabits sandy beaches, dunes, mudflats and the shores of rivers and lakes in sub-saharan Africa and Madagascar. It nests in small shallow scrapes in the ground and lays clutches of one to three eggs.