Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusCalidris (Calidris Sandpipers)
- SpeciesCalidris ferruginea (Curlew Sandpiper)
Closest Relatives at Moremi Game Reserve
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
African Snipe
Gallinago nigripennis
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
📅 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 Curlew Sandpiper in Moremi Game Reserve?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Curlew Sandpiper sighting in Moremi Game Reserve, based on 8 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Curlew Sandpiper in Moremi Game Reserve?
January has the highest sighting rate for Curlew Sandpiper in Moremi Game Reserve in our monthly data.