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)
The wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) is a small wader belonging to the sandpiper family Scolopacidae. A Eurasian species, it is the smallest of the shanks, a genus of mid-sized, long-legged waders that largely inhabit freshwater and wetland environments, as opposed to the maritime or coastal habitats of other, similar species. Wikipedia →
20–30% of wildlife watchers report a Wood Sandpiper sighting in Kruger National Park, based on 1,658 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Kruger National Park
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
African Snipe
Gallinago nigripennis
Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus
Water Thick-knee
Burhinus vermiculatus
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
📅 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 Kruger National Park?
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Wood Sandpiper sighting in Kruger National Park, based on 1,658 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Wood Sandpiper in Kruger National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Wood Sandpiper in Kruger National Park in our monthly data.