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% of wildlife watchers report a Greater Yellowlegs sighting in Olympic National Park, based on 1,317 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Olympic National Park
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Wandering Tattler
Tringa incana
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Black Turnstone
Arenaria melanocephala
Hudsonian Whimbrel
Numenius hudsonicus
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauri
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseus
📅 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 Olympic National Park?
About 3% of wildlife watchers report a Greater Yellowlegs sighting in Olympic National Park, based on 1,317 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Greater Yellowlegs in Olympic National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Greater Yellowlegs in Olympic National Park in our monthly data.