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 Masai Mara National Reserve
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Crowned Lapwing
Vanellus coronatus
African Wattled Lapwing
Vanellus senegallus
📅 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 Masai Mara National Reserve?
About 10% of visitor-days record a Green Sandpiper sighting in Masai Mara National Reserve, based on 283 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Green Sandpiper in Masai Mara National Reserve?
November has the highest sighting rate for Green Sandpiper in Masai Mara National Reserve in our monthly data.