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 Lake Manyara National Park
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
Spur-winged Lapwing
Vanellus spinosus
📅 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 Lake Manyara National Park?
About 5% of visitor-days record a Green Sandpiper sighting in Lake Manyara National Park, based on 16 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Green Sandpiper in Lake Manyara National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Green Sandpiper in Lake Manyara National Park in our monthly data.