Bird

Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia · Scolopacidae · Charadriiformes

Best monthsMay · Jul–Augmost records

Records2,115,380in 149 countries

Most seen inSweden502,124 records

Red ListLeast concernIUCN status

About

Common Greenshank in brief

The common greenshank (Tringa nebularia) is a bird of the Scolopacidae family — species of bird.

Across the 149 countries we cover it has 2,115,380 published records, most of them from Sweden, Denmark and Taiwan. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in May, July and August and fall to their lowest in February and March.

Its global conservation status is least concern on the IUCN Red List.

Records by month

All countries combined · the strongest months highlighted

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Where & when

When to look in each country

Sweden502,124 records · best Aug, May

Denmark191,424 records · best Aug, Jul

Taiwan150,618 records · best Jan, Dec

Norway140,157 records · best May, Aug

Spain129,930 records · best Sep, Apr

United Kingdom112,025 records · best Aug, Sep

Australia102,498 records · best Jan, Feb

India87,690 records · best Jan, Feb

France79,349 records · best Apr, Sep

Netherlands76,860 records · best Apr, May

South Africa64,746 records · best Jan, Nov

Belgium55,995 records · best May, Apr

Portugal42,331 records · best Dec, Jan

Finland38,580 records · best Jun, May

Germany28,762 records · best Apr, Aug

Israel21,339 records · best Apr, Mar

China17,778 records · best May, Apr

Estonia15,099 records · best Aug, May

United Arab Emirates14,867 records · best Jan, Nov

Thailand13,686 records · best Jan, Feb

Ireland13,676 records · best Sep, Oct

Italy13,209 records · best Jan, Dec

Russia11,511 records · best May, Aug

Kenya10,666 records · best Jan, Feb

Poland10,019 records · best Aug, Apr

Japan9,908 records · best Sep, Aug

Greece9,776 records · best Apr, Sep

Türkiye9,348 records · best Apr, Sep

South Korea7,552 records · best May, Sep

Czechia7,304 records · best Apr, Sep

Oman6,553 records · best Nov, Feb

Austria6,441 records · best Aug, Apr

Namibia6,377 records · best Nov, Oct

Gambia5,478 records · best Nov, Jan

Philippines5,216 records · best Jan, Dec

Morocco4,860 records · best Mar, Apr

Tanzania4,630 records · best Feb, Nov

Sri Lanka4,064 records · best Feb, Dec

Senegal3,851 records · best Jan, Dec

Malaysia3,484 records · best Jan, Dec

Nepal3,331 records · best Mar, Nov

Ukraine3,323 records · best Aug, Apr

Botswana3,202 records · best Nov, Oct

Singapore3,138 records · best Sep, Aug

Slovenia2,847 records · best Aug, Apr

Switzerland2,726 records · best Apr, Sep

Bulgaria2,618 records · best Sep, Apr

Hungary2,353 records · best Aug, Apr

Madagascar2,270 records · best Nov, Oct

Uganda2,223 records · best Feb, Dec

Zimbabwe2,183 records · best Oct, Nov

Cambodia2,168 records · best Feb, Mar

Egypt2,121 records · best Apr, Mar

Zambia2,102 records · best Oct, Nov

Indonesia2,053 records · best Sep, Oct

Croatia2,031 records · best Sep, Apr

Mozambique2,001 records · best Nov, Dec

Iran1,813 records · best Jan, Feb

Romania1,713 records · best Aug, Sep

Cyprus1,708 records · best Apr, Mar

Ethiopia1,703 records · best Nov, Dec

Saudi Arabia1,685 records · best Oct, Feb

Ghana1,439 records · best Mar, Feb

Cape Verde1,136 records · best Apr, Mar

Kuwait1,094 records · best Jan, Apr

Vietnam1,046 records · best Jan, Dec

Bangladesh1,045 records · best Dec, Jan

Slovakia998 records · best Apr, Aug

Mongolia970 records · best Aug, May

Georgia936 records · best Apr, Sep

Serbia900 records · best Apr, Sep

Lithuania774 records · best Apr, Aug

Seychelles698 records · best Oct, Nov

Qatar667 records · best Mar, Oct

Belarus658 records · best Aug, Jul

East Timor657 records · best Nov, Oct

Pakistan624 records · best Feb, Oct

Tunisia521 records · best Apr, Dec

Kazakhstan519 records · best May, Sep

Albania482 records · best Apr, Sep

Palau478 records · best Oct, Sep

Azerbaijan416 records · best Mar, Nov

Malawi392 records · best Nov, Oct

Nigeria392 records · best Dec, Mar

Laos365 records · best Jan, Mar

Moldova358 records · best Aug, Apr

Eswatini358 records · best Jan, Nov

Bahrain324 records · best Nov, Oct

Latvia317 records · best May, Aug

Myanmar313 records · best Jan, Dec

Montenegro307 records · best Apr, Sep

Guinea-Bissau294 records · best Jan, Feb

Angola282 records · best Sep, Aug

Yemen257 records · best Feb, Nov

Mauritania248 records · best Dec, Jan

Djibouti230 records · best Sep, Oct

Algeria229 records · best Sep, Aug

Jordan200 records · best Apr, Mar

Tajikistan200 records · best Jan, Mar

Cameroon197 records · best Jan, Mar

Kyrgyzstan193 records · best Aug, Jul

Gabon168 records · best Sep, Oct

Uzbekistan161 records · best Apr, May

Luxembourg149 records · best Apr, Aug

Benin132 records · best Jan, Mar

Guinea132 records · best Jan, Apr

Armenia120 records · best May, Apr

Iraq120 records · best Mar, Apr

New Zealand109 records · best Jan, Feb

São Tomé and Príncipe106 records · best Jan, Feb

Sudan105 records · best Mar, Nov

Ivory Coast95 records · best Jan, Dec

Maldives90 records · best Nov, Feb

Mauritius84 records · best Dec, Feb

Burkina Faso77 records · best Mar, Apr

Mali69 records · best Jan, Mar

Sierra Leone68 records · best Dec, Jan

Togo63 records · best Nov, Mar

Chad61 records · best Feb, Mar

Bosnia and Herzegovina59 records · best Apr, Sep

Malta59 records · best Apr, May

Liberia53 records · best Jan, Feb

Republic of the Congo49 records · best Dec, Jan

Palestine49 records · best Feb, Sep

Brunei46 records · best Nov, Dec

Lesotho46 records · best Nov, Dec

Somalia46 records · best Jan, Feb

Libya42 records · best Oct, Mar

Kosovo41 records · best Apr, Aug

Niger41 records · best Jan, Feb

North Macedonia37 records · best Apr, Aug

Lebanon37 records · best Apr, Mar

Burundi36 records · best Oct, Nov

Iceland33 records · best May, Sep

Equatorial Guinea31 records · best Jan, Dec

Syria29 records · best Apr, Oct

Central African Republic20 records · best Dec, Mar

Afghanistan19 records · best Apr, May

North Korea18 records · best Apr, May

Eritrea18 records · best Oct, Jan

Comoros15 records · best Nov, Apr

Solomon Islands8 records · best Feb, Apr

South Sudan7 records · best Apr, Mar

Turkmenistan7 records · best May, Feb

Vanuatu6 records · best Feb, Dec

Barbados5 records · best Mar, Nov

Micronesia4 records · best Feb, Jun

Marshall Islands2 records · best Oct, Dec

Antigua and Barbuda1 records · best Feb, Jan

Map

Where it has been recorded

Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.