Tringa brevipes
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The grey-tailed tattler (Tringa brevipes), also known as the Siberian tattler or Polynesian tattler, is a small shorebird in the genus Tringa. The English name for the tattlers refers to their noisy call. 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 brevipes is from Latin brevis, "short", and pes, "foot".
This tattler breeds in northeast Siberia. After breeding, they migrate to an area from southeast Asia to Australia. The grey-tailed tattler is closely related to its North American counterpart, the wandering tattler (T. incana) and is difficult to distinguish from that species. Both tattlers are unique among the species of Tringa for having unpatterned, greyish wings and back, and a scaly breast pattern extending more or less onto the belly in breeding plumage, in which both also have a rather prominent supercilium.
These birds resemble common redshanks in shape and size. The upper parts, underwings, face and neck are grey, and the belly is white. They have short yellowish legs and a bill with... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Range | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Ningaloo Marine Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Tangkoko Nature Reserve | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Rottnest Island | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Seattle Marine Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Grey-tailed Tattler sighting in Makassar on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 53rd most-seen of the 66 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.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Grey-tailed Tattler sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 19
Of the 19 cities where we can rate Grey-tailed Tattler sightings, Makassar ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Naha (Japan, about 20%) and Davao City (Philippines, about 10%).
Same genus: Tringa
The closest relatives of the Grey-tailed Tattler that you can see in Makassar (genus Tringa, Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies) are Common Greenshank (about 20%), Wood Sandpiper (about 20%) 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 Grey-tailed Tattler is recorded against all the birds logged in Makassar (6 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.
