Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusTringa (Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies)
- SpeciesTringa stagnatilis (Marsh Sandpiper)
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". Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Marsh Sandpiper sighting in Namib-Naukluft National Park, based on 32 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Namib-Naukluft National Park
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
📅 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 Marsh Sandpiper in Namib-Naukluft National Park?
About 3% of wildlife watchers report a Marsh Sandpiper sighting in Namib-Naukluft National Park, based on 32 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Marsh Sandpiper in Namib-Naukluft National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Marsh Sandpiper in Namib-Naukluft National Park in our monthly data.