Tringa stagnatilis
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
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).
The marsh sandpiper...
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quanzhou | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 2 | Karachi | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | |
| 3 | Zanzibar City | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Kuwait City | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | |
| 5 | Dar es-Salaam | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 6 | Agra | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Tuen Mun | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 8 | Vasai-Virar | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Mumbai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Prayagraj | 🇮🇳 India |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Marsh Sandpiper sighting in Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary on a given day, based on 57 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 70th most-seen of the 173 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Marsh Sandpiper in Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary on a given day, against about 30% in March–April and November–December, the lowest months. That is one of Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary's driest months, with almost no rain against 55 mm in August. May to October have too few records to rate.
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.
Yes
Of the 52 parks where we can rate Marsh Sandpiper sightings, Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Yala National Park (Sri Lanka, about 30%) and Lake Nakuru National Park (Kenya, about 20%).
Same genus: Tringa
The closest relatives of the Marsh Sandpiper that you can see in Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (genus Tringa, Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies) are Common Redshank (about 60%), Common Greenshank (about 40%) and Wood Sandpiper (about 40%), 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 Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (57 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
