Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusTringa (Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies)
- SpeciesTringa nebularia (Common Greenshank)
Closest Relatives at Wadden Sea National Park
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Sanderling
Calidris alba
📅 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 Common Greenshank in Wadden Sea National Park?
About 12% of visitor-days record a Common Greenshank sighting in Wadden Sea National Park, based on 1451 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Common Greenshank in Wadden Sea National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Common Greenshank in Wadden Sea National Park in our monthly data.