Greater Yellowlegs

Q: What are the chances of seeing a Greater Yellowlegs in Saguaro National Park?

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Greater Yellowlegs sighting in Saguaro National Park, based on 454 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

Q: When is the best time to see Greater Yellowlegs in Saguaro National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Greater Yellowlegs in Saguaro National Park in our monthly data.

Tringa melanoleuca

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderCharadriiformes (Shorebirds and Allies)
FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
GenusTringa (Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies)
SpeciesTringa melanoleuca (Greater Yellowlegs)

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

at Saguaro National Park

454 Verified sightings at Saguaro National Park From 2019 to 2026

13,446 Verified sightings across all 105 parks From 2019 to 2026

November Best month highest sighting rate

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Greater Yellowlegs

The greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) is a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. It breeds in central Canada and southern Alaska and winters in southern North America, Central America, the West Indies and South America.

The greater yellowlegs was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it in the genus Scolopax and coined the binomial name Scolopax melanoleuca. Gmelin based his description on the "stone snipe" seen feeding in autumn in Chateau Bay, Labrador, that had been described in 1785 by both the English ornithologist John Latham and by the Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant. The greater yellowlegs is now placed in the genus Tringa that was introduced in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. The name Tringa is the Neo-Latin word given to the green sandpiper by the Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi in 1603 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific epithet melanoleuca combines the Ancient Greek melas meaning... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Saguaro National Park

Tringa solitaria

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Tringa flavipes

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Tringa semipalmata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Actitis macularius

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Gallinago delicata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Calidris minutilla

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Numenius hudsonicus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Limnodromus scolopaceus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Calidris mauri

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Calidris bairdii

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Phalaropus tricolor

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Calidris melanotos

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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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

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Katmai National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~50%
2	Jaragua National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	~50%
3	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~30%
4	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	~30%
5	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~30%
6	Ciénaga de Zapata	🇨🇺 Cuba	~20%
7	Paracas National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	~20%
8	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~20%
9	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~20%
10	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	~20%
11	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
12	Lauca National Park	🇨🇱 Chile	~20%
13	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
14	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
15	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~10%
16	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
17	Caroni Swamp	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	~10%
18	Cabo Pulmo National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
19	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
20	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	~10%
21	Big Cypress National Preserve	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
22	Isla del Coco National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
23	El Impenetrable National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~10%
24	Nahuel Huapi National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~10%
25	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
26	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
27	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~10%
28	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~10%
29	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
30	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
31	Los Haitises National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	<5%
32	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
33	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
34	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
35	Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
36	Amboró National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	<5%
37	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
38	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
39	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
40	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
41	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
42	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
43	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
44	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	<5%
45	Isle Royale National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
46	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
47	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	<5%
48	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	<5%
49	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
50	Amacayacu National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
51	Iberá National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	<5%
52	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
53	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
54	Torres del Paine National Park	🇨🇱 Chile	<5%
55	Saguaro National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
56	Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
57	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
58	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
59	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
60	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
61	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
62	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
63	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
64	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
65	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
66	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
67	Galápagos Islands	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
68	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
69	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
70	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
71	Congaree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
72	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
73	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
74	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
75	Wood Buffalo National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
76	Tierra del Fuego National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	Insufficient data
77	Utría National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
78	Voyageurs National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
79	Huascarán National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	Insufficient data
80	Kluane National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
81	Biotopo Cerro Cahuí	🇬🇹 Guatemala	Insufficient data
82	Kenai Fjords National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
83	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
84	El Palmar National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	Insufficient data
85	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
86	Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park	🇨🇱 Chile	Insufficient data
87	Península Valdés	🇦🇷 Argentina	Insufficient data
88	Chingaza National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
89	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
90	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
91	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
92	Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	🇧🇿 Belize	Insufficient data
93	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
94	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
95	Denali National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
96	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
97	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
98	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
99	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
100	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
101	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
102	Grand Canyon National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
103	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
104	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
105	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Greater Yellowlegs in Saguaro National Park?

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Greater Yellowlegs sighting in Saguaro National Park, based on 454 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Greater Yellowlegs in Saguaro National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Greater Yellowlegs in Saguaro National Park in our monthly data.

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Greater Yellowlegs

About the Greater Yellowlegs

Closest Relatives at Saguaro National Park

Solitary Sandpiper

Lesser Yellowlegs

Willet

Spotted Sandpiper

Wilson's Snipe

Least Sandpiper

Hudsonian Whimbrel

Long-billed Dowitcher

Western Sandpiper

Baird's Sandpiper

Wilson's Phalarope

Pectoral Sandpiper

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

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