Dunlin
Calidris alpina
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusCalidris (Calidris Sandpipers)
- SpeciesCalidris alpina (Dunlin)
Closest Relatives at Doñana National Park
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
📅 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 Doñana National Park?
About 27% of visitor-days record a Dunlin sighting in Doñana National Park, based on 845 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Dunlin in Doñana National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Dunlin in Doñana National Park in our monthly data.