Spotted Sandpiper

Q: What are the chances of seeing a Spotted Sandpiper in Saguaro National Park?

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Sandpiper sighting in Saguaro National Park, based on 4,107 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

Q: When is the best time to see Spotted Sandpiper in Saguaro National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Spotted Sandpiper in Saguaro National Park in our monthly data.

Actitis macularius

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderCharadriiformes (Shorebirds and Allies)
FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
GenusActitis (Common and Spotted Sandpipers)
SpeciesActitis macularius (Spotted Sandpiper)

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

at Saguaro National Park

4,107 Verified sightings at Saguaro National Park From 2019 to 2026

42,983 Verified sightings across all 129 parks From 2019 to 2026

November Best month highest sighting rate

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

About the Spotted Sandpiper

The spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius) is a small shorebird. Together with its sister species the common sandpiper (A. hypoleucos), it makes up the genus Actitis. They replace each other geographically; stray birds may settle down with breeders of the other species and hybridize.

The spotted sandpiper was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1766 in the twelfth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Tringa macularia. The type locality is Pennsylvania. The species is now placed together with common sandpiper in the genus Actitis and was introduced in 1811 by the German zoologist Johann Illiger. The genus name Actitis is from the Ancient Greek aktites meaning "coast-dweller" from akte meaning "coast". The specific epithet macularius is Latin meaning "spotted". The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.

Adults have short yellowish legs and an orange bill with a dark tip. The body is brown on top and white underneath with black spots. These spots vary in degree over the course of spotted sandpipers' lives, becoming especially prevalent around the breeding season. The overall health of spotted sandpipers... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Saguaro National Park

Gallinago delicata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Calidris minutilla

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Numenius hudsonicus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Tringa melanoleuca

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Limnodromus scolopaceus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Tringa solitaria

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Calidris mauri

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Tringa flavipes

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Calidris bairdii

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Phalaropus tricolor

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Tringa semipalmata

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	Utría National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~70%
2	Caroni Swamp	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	~60%
3	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	~50%
4	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~50%
5	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~40%
6	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~40%
7	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~40%
8	Isla del Coco National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~40%
9	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~40%
10	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~40%
11	Paracas National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	~30%
12	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~30%
13	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~30%
14	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~30%
15	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~30%
16	Cañón del Sumidero National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	~30%
17	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~30%
18	Gates of the Arctic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~30%
19	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~30%
20	Nahanni National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~30%
21	Wood Buffalo National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~30%
22	Katmai National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~20%
23	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~20%
24	Cabo Pulmo National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
25	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
26	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
27	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
28	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~20%
29	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~20%
30	Ciénaga de Zapata	🇨🇺 Cuba	~20%
31	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~20%
32	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~20%
33	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
34	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~20%
35	Kluane National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~20%
36	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~20%
37	Jaragua National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	~20%
38	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~20%
39	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~20%
40	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~20%
41	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~20%
42	Los Haitises National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	~20%
43	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~10%
44	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
45	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
46	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~10%
47	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
48	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~10%
49	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
50	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
51	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
52	Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
53	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
54	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
55	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~10%
56	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
57	Lago de Yojoa	🇭🇳 Honduras	~10%
58	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
59	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~10%
60	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~10%
61	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
62	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
63	Saguaro National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
64	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	~10%
65	Biotopo Cerro Cahuí	🇬🇹 Guatemala	~10%
66	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
67	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
68	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	~10%
69	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	~10%
70	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	~10%
71	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	~10%
72	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
73	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
74	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~10%
75	Denali National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
76	Amacayacu National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
77	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
78	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	<5%
79	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
80	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
81	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
82	Isle Royale National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
83	Voyageurs National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
84	Kenai Fjords National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
85	Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
86	Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	<5%
87	Big Cypress National Preserve	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
88	Galápagos Islands	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
89	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
90	El Impenetrable National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	<5%
91	Zion National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
92	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
93	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
94	Grand Canyon National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
95	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
96	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
97	Amboró National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	<5%
98	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
99	Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	🇧🇿 Belize	<5%
100	Huascarán National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
101	Congaree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
102	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
103	Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park	🇯🇲 Jamaica	<5%
104	Puracé National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
105	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
106	Chingaza National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
107	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
108	Iguazú National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	<5%
109	Iguaçu National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
110	Masaya Volcano National Park	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	<5%
111	Tikal National Park	🇬🇹 Guatemala	<5%
112	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
113	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
114	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
115	Canaima National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	Insufficient data
116	Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
117	San Lorenzo Protected Forest	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
118	El Triunfo	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
119	Cajas National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	Insufficient data
120	Pico Bonito National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
121	Poás Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
122	Guadalupe Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
123	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
124	Volcán Barú National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
125	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
126	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
127	Iberá National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	Insufficient data
128	Tijuca National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
129	Los Quetzales National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Spotted Sandpiper in Saguaro National Park?

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Sandpiper sighting in Saguaro National Park, based on 4,107 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Spotted Sandpiper in Saguaro National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Spotted Sandpiper in Saguaro National Park in our monthly data.

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Spotted Sandpiper

About the Spotted Sandpiper

Closest Relatives at Saguaro National Park

Wilson's Snipe

Least Sandpiper

Hudsonian Whimbrel

Greater Yellowlegs

Long-billed Dowitcher

Solitary Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

Lesser Yellowlegs

Baird's Sandpiper

Wilson's Phalarope

Willet

Pectoral Sandpiper

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

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