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 Mana Pools National Park
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
White-headed Lapwing
Vanellus albiceps
Water Thick-knee
Burhinus vermiculatus
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus
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 Wood Sandpiper in Mana Pools National Park?
About 26% of visitor-days record a Wood Sandpiper sighting in Mana Pools National Park, based on 97 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wood Sandpiper in Mana Pools National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Wood Sandpiper in Mana Pools National Park in our monthly data.