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 Pilanesberg National Park
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
African Snipe
Gallinago nigripennis
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus
African Wattled Lapwing
Vanellus senegallus
Crowned Lapwing
Vanellus coronatus
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterus
Spotted Thick-knee
Burhinus capensis
📅 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 Pilanesberg National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Wood Sandpiper sighting in Pilanesberg National Park, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wood Sandpiper in Pilanesberg National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Wood Sandpiper in Pilanesberg National Park in our monthly data.