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 Minneriya National Park
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Pin-tailed Snipe
Gallinago stenura
Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
Great Thick-knee
Esacus recurvirostris
Indian Thick-knee
Burhinus indicus
Barred Buttonquail
Turnix suscitator
📅 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 Minneriya National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Wood Sandpiper sighting in Minneriya National Park, based on 7 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wood Sandpiper in Minneriya National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Wood Sandpiper in Minneriya National Park in our monthly data.