Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusTringa (Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies)
- SpeciesTringa ochropus (Green Sandpiper)
Closest Relatives at Kidepo Valley National Park
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
African Snipe
Gallinago nigripennis
African Wattled Lapwing
Vanellus senegallus
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
Black-headed Lapwing
Vanellus tectus
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Common Buttonquail
Turnix sylvaticus
Crowned Lapwing
Vanellus coronatus
📅 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 Green Sandpiper in Kidepo Valley National Park?
About 13% of visitor-days record a Green Sandpiper sighting in Kidepo Valley National Park, based on 41 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Green Sandpiper in Kidepo Valley National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Green Sandpiper in Kidepo Valley National Park in our monthly data.