Sanderling
Calidris alba
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusCalidris (Calidris Sandpipers)
- SpeciesCalidris alba (Sanderling)
Closest Relatives at Great Otway National Park
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
Latham's Snipe
Gallinago hardwickii
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Silver Gull
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles
Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
Hooded Plover
Thinornis cucullatus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Sanderling at Great Otway National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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