Dunlin
Calidris alpina
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusCalidris (Calidris Sandpipers)
- SpeciesCalidris alpina (Dunlin)
Closest Relatives at Cairngorms National Park
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritima
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticola
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
📅 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 Dunlin in Cairngorms National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Dunlin sighting in Cairngorms National Park, based on 17 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Dunlin in Cairngorms National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Dunlin in Cairngorms National Park in our monthly data.