Tringa nebularia
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The common greenshank (Tringa nebularia) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders. 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 nebularia is from Latin nebula "mist". Like the Norwegian Skoddefoll, this refers to the greenshank's damp marshy habitat.
Its closest relative is the greater yellowlegs, which together with the spotted redshank form a close-knit group. Among them, these three species show all the basic leg and foot colours found in the shanks, demonstrating that this character is paraphyletic. They are also the largest shanks apart from the willet, which is altogether more robustly built. The greater yellowlegs and the common greenshank share a coarse, dark, and fairly crisp breast pattern as well as much black on the shoulders and back in breeding plumage.
This is a subarctic bird, breeding from northern Scotland eastwards across northern Europe and east across the Palearctic. It is a migratory species, wintering in Africa, the Indian subcontinent... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naha | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 2 | Zanzibar City | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Tuen Mun | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 4 | Manama | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | |
| 5 | Quanzhou | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 6 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia | |
| 7 | Agra | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Mombasa | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 9 | Makassar | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 10 | Maputo | 🇲🇿 Mozambique |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Greenshank sighting in Karachi on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 44th most-seen of the 97 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.
September and October
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Common Greenshank in Karachi on a given day, against about 10% in January–June and November, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Greenshank sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
15th of 111
Of the 111 cities where we can rate Common Greenshank sightings, Karachi ranks 15th at about 20%. The best odds are in Naha (Japan, about 60%), Zanzibar City (Tanzania, about 60%) and Tuen Mun (China, about 40%).
Same genus: Tringa
The closest relatives of the Common Greenshank that you can see in Karachi (genus Tringa, Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies) are Marsh Sandpiper (about 30%), Wood Sandpiper (about 20%) and Green Sandpiper (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Greenshank is recorded against all the birds logged in Karachi (17 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.
