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 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Grey-tailed Tattler
Tringa brevipes
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Long-toed Stint
Calidris subminuta
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterus
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
Oriental Pratincole
Glareola maldivarum
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougallii
📅 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 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Wood Sandpiper sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, based on 26 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wood Sandpiper in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?
March has the highest sighting rate for Wood Sandpiper in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary in our monthly data.