Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusTringa (Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies)
- SpeciesTringa glareola (Wood Sandpiper)
Closest Relatives at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata
Little Buttonquail
Turnix velox
Red-kneed Dotterel
Erythrogonys cinctus
Banded Stilt
Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
Banded Lapwing
Vanellus tricolor
Eastern Sand Plover
Charadrius veredus
Oriental Pratincole
Glareola maldivarum
Australian Pratincole
Stiltia isabella
📅 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 Wood Sandpiper in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Wood Sandpiper sighting in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, based on 8 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wood Sandpiper in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Wood Sandpiper in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in our monthly data.