Tringa stagnatilis
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
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 Wilpattu National Park on a given day, based on 85 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 79th most-seen of the 169 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Marsh Sandpiper in Wilpattu National Park on a given day, against about 10% in May to September, the lowest months. That is one of Wilpattu National Park's wettest months, with about 320 mm of rain against 40 mm in February.
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.
4th of 51
Of the 51 parks where we can rate Marsh Sandpiper sightings, Wilpattu National Park ranks 4th at about 20%. The best odds are in Yala National Park (Sri Lanka, about 30%), Lake Nakuru National Park (Kenya, about 20%) and Amboseli National Park (Kenya, about 20%).
Same genus: Tringa
The closest relatives of the Marsh Sandpiper that you can see in Wilpattu National Park (genus Tringa, Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies) are Wood Sandpiper (about 30%), Common Redshank (about 20%) and Common Greenshank (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 Wilpattu National Park (85 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.
