Lesser Yellowlegs

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

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Yellowlegs sighting in Saguaro National Park, based on 68 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

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

September has the highest sighting rate for Lesser Yellowlegs in Saguaro National Park in our monthly data.

Tringa flavipes

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

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

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

at Saguaro National Park

68 Verified sightings at Saguaro National Park From 2019 to 2026

5,913 Verified sightings across all 107 parks From 2019 to 2026

September Best month highest sighting rate

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

About the Lesser Yellowlegs

The lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) is a medium-sized shorebird. It breeds in the boreal forest region of North America, and winters from the south of North America, to the far south of South America. The lesser 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 flavipes. Gmelin based his description on the "yellow shanks" seen in the province of New York in autumn that had been described in 1785 by both the English ornithologist John Latham and the Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant. The lesser 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 flavipes combines the Latin flavus meaning "yellow" with pes meaning "foot". The species is... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Saguaro National Park

Tringa melanoleuca

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Tringa solitaria

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

Quick answers

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

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Yellowlegs sighting in Saguaro National Park, based on 68 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

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

September has the highest sighting rate for Lesser Yellowlegs in Saguaro National Park in our monthly data.

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Lesser Yellowlegs

About the Lesser Yellowlegs

Closest Relatives at Saguaro National Park

Greater Yellowlegs

Solitary Sandpiper

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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