Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusTringa (Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies)
- SpeciesTringa melanoleuca (Greater Yellowlegs)
The greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) is a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. It breeds in central Canada and southern Alaska and winters in southern North America, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Wikipedia →
5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Greater Yellowlegs sighting in Nahuel Huapi National Park, based on 83 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Nahuel Huapi National Park
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Magellanic Snipe
Gallinago magellanica
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Southern Lapwing
Vanellus chilensis
Dominican Gull
Larus dominicanus
Brown-hooded Gull
Chroicocephalus maculipennis
Andean Gull
Chroicocephalus serranus
Gray-breasted Seedsnipe
Thinocorus orbignyianus
Sabine's Gull
Xema sabini
Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ 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
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Greater Yellowlegs in Nahuel Huapi National Park?
About 7% of wildlife watchers report a Greater Yellowlegs sighting in Nahuel Huapi National Park, based on 83 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Greater Yellowlegs in Nahuel Huapi National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Greater Yellowlegs in Nahuel Huapi National Park in our monthly data.