Tringa stagnatilis
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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".
The marsh sandpiper resembles a small elegant greenshank, with a long fine bill and very long yellowish legs. Like the greenshank, it is greyish brown in breeding plumage, paler in winter, and has a white wedge up its back that is visible in flight. However, it is more closely related to the common redshank and the wood sandpiper. Together, they form a group of smallish shanks which tend to have red or reddish legs, and in breeding plumage are generally a subdued, light brown above with some darker mottling, with a pattern of somewhat diffuse small brownish spots on the breast and neck. The length is 22–26 cm (8.7–10.2 in), wingspan is 55–59 cm (22–23 in) and weight is 45–120 g (1.6–4.2 oz).
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quanzhou | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 2 | Karachi | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | |
| 3 | Zanzibar City | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Kuwait City | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | |
| 5 | Agra | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Dar es-Salaam | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 7 | Tuen Mun | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 8 | Vasai-Virar | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Mumbai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Prayagraj | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Marsh Sandpiper sighting in Cebu City on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 57th most-seen of the 82 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Marsh Sandpiper in Cebu City on a given day, against under 5% in February and April–September, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Marsh Sandpiper sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
14th of 65
Of the 65 cities where we can rate Marsh Sandpiper sightings, Cebu City ranks 14th at about 10%. The best odds are in Quanzhou (China, about 30%), Karachi (Pakistan, about 30%) and Zanzibar City (Tanzania, about 20%).
Same genus: Tringa
The closest relatives of the Marsh Sandpiper that you can see in Cebu City (genus Tringa, Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies) are Wood Sandpiper (about 10%), Common Greenshank (about 10%) and Common Redshank (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Marsh Sandpiper is recorded against all the birds logged in Cebu City (14 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
