Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusCalidris (Calidris Sandpipers)
- SpeciesCalidris ferruginea (Curlew Sandpiper)
Closest Relatives at Akagera National Park
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
African Snipe
Gallinago nigripennis
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
African Wattled Lapwing
Vanellus senegallus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Curlew Sandpiper in Akagera National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Curlew Sandpiper sighting in Akagera National Park, based on 8 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Curlew Sandpiper in Akagera National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Curlew Sandpiper in Akagera National Park in our monthly data.