Grey-tailed Tattler
Tringa brevipes
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusTringa (Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies)
- SpeciesTringa brevipes (Grey-tailed Tattler)
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 Royal National Park
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Far Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Latham's Snipe
Gallinago hardwickii
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata
Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles
Silver Gull
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Grey-tailed Tattler at Royal 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
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ningaloo Marine Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 6 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |