Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusTringa (Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies)
- SpeciesTringa nebularia (Common Greenshank)
Closest Relatives at Doñana National Park
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
📅 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 Common Greenshank in Doñana National Park?
About 18% of visitor-days record a Common Greenshank sighting in Doñana National Park, based on 569 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Common Greenshank in Doñana National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Common Greenshank in Doñana National Park in our monthly data.