Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
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- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Shorebirds and Allies)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusTringa (Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies)
- SpeciesTringa ochropus (Green Sandpiper)
About the Green Sandpiper
The green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) is a small wader (shorebird) of the Old World. The green sandpiper represents an ancient lineage of the genus Tringa; its only close living relative is the solitary sandpiper (T. solitaria). They both have brown wings with little light dots and a delicate but contrasting neck and chest pattern. In addition, both species nest in trees, unlike most other scolopacids.
Given its basal position in Tringa, it is fairly unsurprising that suspected cases of hybridisation between this species and the common sandpiper (A. hypoleucos) of the sister genus Actitis have been reported. The green sandpiper was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the current binomial name Tringa ochropus. The genus name Tringa is the Neo-Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific ochropus is from Ancient Greek okhros, "ochre", and pous, "foot". The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.
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Recent sightings of Green Sandpiper in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park
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Tringa erythropus
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Red Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Global Distribution
Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Green Sandpiper in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park?
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green Sandpiper sighting in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park, based on 373 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Green Sandpiper in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Green Sandpiper in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park in our monthly data.