Wood sandpiper

Tringa glareola

The Wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) is a bird found in Sweden, India, Denmark, Taiwan, Finland, Norway, and 1 more countries. Wet meadows and marshes across Europe and Asia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

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Scientific name	Tringa glareola
Region	Europe
Found in	Sweden, India, Denmark, Taiwan, Finland, Norway, and 1 more countries

🏡 Where the Wood sandpiper lives

Wet meadows and marshes across Europe and Asia.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs100%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Least ConcernThere are plenty of these birds.

💡 It nests in old tree nests that other birds have left.

Hear the Wood sandpiper

Recorded by Stanislas Wroza (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1168660. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Wood sandpiper

Where does the Wood sandpiper live?

The Wood sandpiper lives in Sweden, India, Denmark, Taiwan, Finland, Norway, and 1 more countries. Wet meadows and marshes across Europe and Asia.

What does the Wood sandpiper eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 100%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Wood sandpiper endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.