Lesser Yellowlegs

Tringa flavipes

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Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderCharadriiformes (Shorebirds and Allies)
FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
GenusTringa (Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies)
SpeciesTringa flavipes (Lesser Yellowlegs)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Carara National Park

1 Verified sightings at Carara National Park From 2019 to 2026

4,668 Verified sightings across all 86 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Lesser Yellowlegs

The lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) is a medium-sized shorebird. It breeds in the boreal forest region of North America, and winters from the south of North America, to the far south of South America. The lesser yellowlegs was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it in the genus Scolopax and coined the binomial name Scolopax flavipes. Gmelin based his description on the "yellow shanks" seen in the province of New York in autumn that had been described in 1785 by both the English ornithologist John Latham and the Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant. The lesser yellowlegs is now placed in the genus Tringa that was introduced in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. The name Tringa is the Neo-Latin word given to the green sandpiper by the Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi in 1603 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific epithet flavipes combines the Latin flavus meaning "yellow" with pes meaning "foot". The species is... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Carara National Park

Tringa solitaria

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Tringa semipalmata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Tringa melanoleuca

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Actitis macularius

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Numenius hudsonicus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Limosa fedoa

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Calidris minutilla

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Numenius phaeopus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Arenaria interpres

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Calidris mauri

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Calidris alba

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Calidris pusilla

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

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Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Jaragua National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	~50%
2	Wood Buffalo National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~30%
3	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
4	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
5	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~20%
6	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
7	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
8	Ciénaga de Zapata	🇨🇺 Cuba	~10%
9	Katmai National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
10	Isla del Coco National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
11	Paracas National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	~10%
12	Caroni Swamp	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	~10%
13	Lauca National Park	🇨🇱 Chile	~10%
14	El Impenetrable National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~10%
15	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
16	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
17	Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
18	Iberá National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	<5%
19	Amboró National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	<5%
20	Big Cypress National Preserve	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
21	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	<5%
22	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
23	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
24	Lago de Yojoa	🇭🇳 Honduras	<5%
25	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
26	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
27	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
28	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
29	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
30	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
31	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
32	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	<5%
33	Torres del Paine National Park	🇨🇱 Chile	<5%
34	Galápagos Islands	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
35	Amacayacu National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
36	Huascarán National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
37	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
38	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
39	Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	<5%
40	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
41	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
42	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
43	Denali National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
44	Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
45	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
46	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
47	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
48	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
49	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
50	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
51	Saguaro National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
52	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
53	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
54	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	<5%
55	Cabo Pulmo National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
56	Utría National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
57	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
58	Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park	🇨🇱 Chile	Insufficient data
59	Los Haitises National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	Insufficient data
60	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
61	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
62	Nahuel Huapi National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	Insufficient data
63	Isle Royale National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
64	Península Valdés	🇦🇷 Argentina	Insufficient data
65	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
66	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
67	Congaree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
68	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
69	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
70	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
71	Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park	🇯🇲 Jamaica	Insufficient data
72	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
73	Iguaçu National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
74	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
75	Chingaza National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
76	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
77	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
78	Tijuca National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
79	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
80	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	Insufficient data
81	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
82	Iguazú National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	Insufficient data
83	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
84	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
85	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
86	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data

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Lesser Yellowlegs

About the Lesser Yellowlegs

Recent sightings of Lesser Yellowlegs in Carara National Park

Closest Relatives at Carara National Park

Solitary Sandpiper

Willet

Greater Yellowlegs

Spotted Sandpiper

Hudsonian Whimbrel

Marbled Godwit

Least Sandpiper

Whimbrel

Ruddy Turnstone

Western Sandpiper

Sanderling

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found