Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia (Gunnerus, 1767) — also called Greenshank, greenshank. Occurrence records of the Common Greenshank are shared on GBIF from around 44 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Garden Route National Park (2 612 records), in 7 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernScolopacidae

44reserves with records

12 442records around them

7provinces

LCIUCN category

Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) — Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Garden Route National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	2 612
Kruger National ParkNational park	LP Limpopo	2 307
Knysna National Lake AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	1 044
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	850
Pledge Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	832
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	758
East London Coast Nature ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	434
Steenbok Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	428
De Mond Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	359
Seal IslandNature reserve	WC Western Cape	347
Featherbed Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	266
Virginia Bush Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	240
Helderberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	232
Pauline Bohnen Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	203
St. Lucia Game ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	190
Burman BushProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	175
Beachwood Mangrove Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	168
Turtle Beaches / Coral Reefs of TongalandMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	116
Lake Sibayi Fresh Water ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	104
Macassar Dunes Conservation AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	103
Woody Cape Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	103
Kabeljous Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	80
Cape Recife Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	63
Stilbaai Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	54
False Bay ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	50
Sixteen Mile Beach Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	49
Fort D' Acre ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	47
Kowie Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	46
Loskop Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	36
Morris point / Uitkyk puntNature reserve	WC Western Cape	30
Cape Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	23
Tienie Versveld Wildflower ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	13
Walker Bay Whale SanctuaryMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	13
Tienie Versfeld Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	13
Harmony Flats Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	12
Bridle Drift Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	9
Nooitgedacht Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	8
Inkwenkwezi Private Game ReserveGame reserve	EC Eastern Cape	6
Waters Meeting Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	5
Balule Nature ReserveProtected area	LP Limpopo	4
Umlalazi Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	4
Cape Vidal State ForestForest reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	2
Koppies Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	FS Free State	2
Bronkies Angling and Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	2

By province

Western Cape: 20 reserves
Eastern Cape: 9 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 9 reserves
Mpumalanga: 2 reserves
Limpopo: 2 reserves
Free State: 1 reserve
Gauteng: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Scientific name: Tringa nebularia
GBIF taxon: 2481726
Wikidata: Q18840

More of the Scolopacidae family

Common Sandpiper Little Stint Whimbrel Curlew Sandpiper Sanderling African Snipe Wood Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Ruff Marsh Sandpiper Bar-tailed Godwit Eurasian Curlew Terek Sandpiper

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.