Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusTringa (Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies)
- SpeciesTringa stagnatilis (Marsh Sandpiper)
Closest Relatives at Chobe National Park
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
African Snipe
Gallinago nigripennis
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Red Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Great Snipe
Gallinago media
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
📅 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 Marsh Sandpiper in Chobe National Park?
About 4% of visitor-days record a Marsh Sandpiper sighting in Chobe National Park, based on 55 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Marsh Sandpiper in Chobe National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Marsh Sandpiper in Chobe National Park in our monthly data.