Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusTringa (Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies)
- SpeciesTringa stagnatilis (Marsh Sandpiper)
The marsh sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) is a small wader. It is a rather small shank, and breeds in open grassy steppe and taiga wetlands from easternmost Europe to the Russian Far East. The genus name Tringa is the Neo-Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific stagnatilis is from Latin stagnum, "swamp". Wikipedia →
10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Marsh Sandpiper sighting in Lake Manyara National Park, based on 36 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Lake Manyara National Park
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
Spur-winged Lapwing
Vanellus spinosus
📅 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 Marsh Sandpiper in Lake Manyara National Park?
About 12% of wildlife watchers report a Marsh Sandpiper sighting in Lake Manyara National Park, based on 36 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Marsh Sandpiper in Lake Manyara National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Marsh Sandpiper in Lake Manyara National Park in our monthly data.