Where can you see the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper?
Some of the best places to see the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in the wild include Baikal National Park (Russia), Fitzgerald River National Park (Australia) and Kakadu National Park (Australia) — among 36 wildlife hotspots across Australia, the United States, Russia, Indonesia and Canada. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Alaska, United States
+391 birds+58 mammals
Where the North Pacific collides with Alaska's rugged coastline, a sprawling archipelago of islands, rocky outcrops, and coastal headlands forms one of North America's most remote…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYAnnan River (Yuku Baja-Muliku) National Park
Australia
+78 birds
Where the Annan River winds through northeastern Queensland's coastal hinterland, a compact national park of roughly 246 square kilometers protects a mosaic of subtropical rainforest, eucalypt…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBaikal National Park
Ольхонский район, Russia
+184 birds+11 mammals
Where the world's deepest freshwater lake meets ancient Siberian taiga, Baikal National Park sprawls across 66,203 square kilometers of one of Earth's most singular ecosystems. The…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBen Boyd National Park
Eden, Australia
+255 birds+47 mammals
Where the temperate forests of the far south coast meet towering sea cliffs, Ben Boyd National Park unveils one of New South Wales' most dramatic coastal…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Kent County, United States
+323 birds+15 mammals
Tidal marshes and brackish shallows define this sanctuary on Delaware's Atlantic coast, where the meeting of freshwater and salt creates some of the Mid-Atlantic's most dynamic…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYBribie Island National Park
Brisbane, Australia
+284 birds+20 mammals
Across tidal flats and shallow waterways north of Brisbane, Bribie Island National Park spreads across nearly four hundred square kilometres of subtropical coastal wilderness—a patchwork of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCape Range National Park
Australia
+159 birds+15 mammals
Where arid limestone ridges plunge toward turquoise waters, Cape Range National Park frames one of Australia's most dramatic desert-ocean interfaces. The park's spine—a stark, weathered range…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChiltern-Mt Pilot National Park
Australia
+229 birds+12 mammals
Granite ridges and eucalyptus woodlands define this 869-square-kilometre park straddling the border between Victoria and New South Wales, where rugged terrain rises sharply from gentler foothill…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCoffin Bay National Park
Australia
+143 birds+5 mammals
Across South Australia's Eyre Peninsula, where limestone headlands rise above turquoise shallows and eucalypt woodland gives way to coastal heath, lies a 1,319-square-kilometre sanctuary shaped by…
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