Grey-tailed Tattler
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Grey-tailed Tattler

Tringa brevipes

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary
2 Verified records at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

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. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary

Wood Sandpiper
LC

Wood Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa glareola

<5% · Rare
Green Sandpiper
LC

Green Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa ochropus

Insufficient data
Common Redshank
LC

Common Redshank

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa totanus

Insufficient data
Common Sandpiper
LC

Common Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Actitis hypoleucos

20–30% · Possible
Long-toed Stint
LC

Long-toed Stint

Bird

Calidris subminuta

Insufficient data
Whiskered Tern
LC

Whiskered Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chlidonias hybrida

5–10% · With luck
White-winged Tern
LC

White-winged Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chlidonias leucopterus

<5% · Rare
Oriental Pratincole
LC

Oriental Pratincole

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Glareola maldivarum

<5% · Rare
Little Tern
LC

Little Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sternula albifrons

<5% · Rare
Black-naped Tern
LC

Black-naped Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sterna sumatrana

Insufficient data
Roseate Tern
LC

Roseate Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sterna dougallii

Insufficient data
Crested Tern
LC

Crested Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thalasseus bergii

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Grey-tailed Tattler at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Ningaloo Marine Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
2 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
5–10%
3 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
4 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
5 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
<5%
6 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
7 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
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