Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusCalidris (Calidris Sandpipers)
- SpeciesCalidris bairdii (Baird's Sandpiper)
Closest Relatives at Torres del Paine National Park
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollis
Magellanic Snipe
Gallinago magellanica
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolor
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemastica
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Southern Lapwing
Vanellus chilensis
Brown-hooded Gull
Chroicocephalus maculipennis
Magellanic Oystercatcher
Haematopus leucopodus
Least Seedsnipe
Thinocorus rumicivorus
South American Tern
Sterna hirundinacea
Dominican Gull
Larus dominicanus
📅 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 Baird's Sandpiper in Torres del Paine National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Baird's Sandpiper sighting in Torres del Paine National Park, based on 28 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Baird's Sandpiper in Torres del Paine National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Baird's Sandpiper in Torres del Paine National Park in our monthly data.