Tringa stagnatilis
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
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 |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Marsh Sandpiper sighting in Dar es-Salaam on a given day, based on 25 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 49th most-seen of the 138 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and October
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Marsh Sandpiper in Dar es-Salaam on a given day, against about 10% in February to July, 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.
6th of 65
Of the 65 cities where we can rate Marsh Sandpiper sightings, Dar es-Salaam ranks 6th at about 20%. 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 Dar es-Salaam (genus Tringa, Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies) are Common Greenshank (about 10%) and Wood Sandpiper (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 Dar es-Salaam (25 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.
