Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusTringa (Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies)
- SpeciesTringa nebularia (Common Greenshank)
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. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Long-toed Stint
Calidris subminuta
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Swinhoe's Snipe
Gallinago megala
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticola
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Common Greenshank at Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there