Spotted Sandpiper

Where to see

Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularius

Utría National Natural Park leads · 38 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Spotted Sandpiper during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Utría National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~60%
2 Caroni Swamp 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~60%
3 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~50%
4 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
5 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
6 Isla del Coco National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
7 Coiba National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~40%
8 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
9 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
10 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
11 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
12 Celestún Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~40%
13 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~40%
14 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
15 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
16 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
17 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
18 Cabo Pulmo National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~30%
19 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
20 Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~30%
21 Ciénaga de Zapata 🇨🇺 Cuba
~30%
22 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
23 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
24 Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~20%
25 Glacier National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Spotted Sandpiper?

Utría National Natural Park

In Utría National Natural Park, Colombia, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Sandpiper sighting on a given day, the highest of the 38 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Spotted Sandpiper?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are January–March and October–November in Utría National Natural Park (about 70%), December in Caroni Swamp (about 80%) and October in Bahía de Loreto National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Spotted Sandpiper on a given day. Each park's Spotted Sandpiper page has the full month-by-month chart.