Where to see
Actitis hypoleucos
Sundarbans National Park leads · 52 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Common Sandpiper during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 3 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 4 | Bako National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 6 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 8 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 9 | Awash National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 10 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 11 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 12 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 13 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 14 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 15 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 16 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 17 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 18 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 19 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 20 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 21 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 22 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 23 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 24 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 25 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Sundarbans National Park
In Sundarbans National Park, India, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Common Sandpiper sighting on a given day, the highest of the 52 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Niokolo-Koba National Park and more
After Sundarbans National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Common Sandpiper are in Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal, about 60%), Liwonde National Park (Malawi, about 50%) and Bako National Park (Malaysia, about 50%). Outside Asia, the best options are Niokolo-Koba National Park in Africa (about 60%), Bako National Park in Southeast Asia (about 50%) and Doñana National Park in Europe (about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are August–September and November–December in Sundarbans National Park (about 80%), April in Niokolo-Koba National Park (about 80%) and November in Liwonde National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Common Sandpiper on a given day. Each park's Common Sandpiper page has the full month-by-month chart.
