Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusTringa (Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies)
- SpeciesTringa ochropus (Green Sandpiper)
Closest Relatives at Bale Mountains National Park
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
African Snipe
Gallinago nigripennis
Spot-breasted Lapwing
Vanellus melanocephalus
Black-winged Lapwing
Vanellus melanopterus
African Wattled Lapwing
Vanellus senegallus
Spur-winged Lapwing
Vanellus spinosus
📅 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 Green Sandpiper in Bale Mountains National Park?
About 21% of visitor-days record a Green Sandpiper sighting in Bale Mountains National Park, based on 35 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Green Sandpiper in Bale Mountains National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Green Sandpiper in Bale Mountains National Park in our monthly data.