Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusCalidris (Calidris Sandpipers)
- SpeciesCalidris ferruginea (Curlew Sandpiper)
Closest Relatives at Sundarbans National Park
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Great Knot
Calidris tenuirostris
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
📅 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 Curlew Sandpiper in Sundarbans National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Curlew Sandpiper sighting in Sundarbans National Park, based on 7 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Curlew Sandpiper in Sundarbans National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Curlew Sandpiper in Sundarbans National Park in our monthly data.