Waterbirds
Least Concern
Quick Facts
Mass0.073 kg
Facts sourced from Wikidata (CC0).
The wood sandpiper is a small wader belonging to the sandpiper family Scolopacidae. A Eurasian species, it is the smallest of the shanks, a genus of mid-sized, long-legged waders that largely inhabit freshwater and wetland environments, as opposed to the maritime or coastal habitats of other, similar species.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Top parks for Wood Sandpiper. Sightings recorded in 200 safari areas total.
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