Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusTringa (Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies)
- SpeciesTringa glareola (Wood Sandpiper)
Closest Relatives at Keoladeo National Park
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
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 Wood Sandpiper in Keoladeo National Park?
About 47% of visitor-days record a Wood Sandpiper sighting in Keoladeo National Park, based on 889 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wood Sandpiper in Keoladeo National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Wood Sandpiper in Keoladeo National Park in our monthly data.