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 Wilpattu National Park
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Long-toed Stint
Calidris subminuta
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Pin-tailed Snipe
Gallinago stenura
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
📅 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 Wilpattu National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Curlew Sandpiper sighting in Wilpattu National Park, based on 13 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Curlew Sandpiper in Wilpattu National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Curlew Sandpiper in Wilpattu National Park in our monthly data.