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[[Image:Nordmann's_Greenshankbp.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Bob+Pease|Bob Pease}} <br />Mai Po, [[Hong Kong]], April 2002]]
 
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[[Image:Nordmann's_Greenshankbp.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Bob+Pease|Bob Pease}} <br />Mai Po, [[Hong Kong]], April 2002]]
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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29-32 cm.  Slightly upturned, bicoloured bill and yellow legs. Whitish spots and spangling on black upperside, heavily streaked head and upper neck, broad black crescent spots on lower neck and breast and darker lores, grey tail.  Juveniles are browner than adults, with a pale brown breast and wing edges.
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29–32 cm
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*Bicoloured, slightly upturned, bill
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*Yellow legs
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*Black upper parts with whitish spots
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*Head and neck heavily streaked
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*Broad black crescent-shaped spots on lower neck and breast
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*Dark [[Topography#Heads|lores]]
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*Grey tail<br />
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Juveniles are browner than adults, with a pale brown breast and wing edges.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
[[Image:Nordmanns_Greenshank.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|tunpin.ong|tunpin.ong}} <br />Big Ash Pond, Kapar Power Station, Selangor, [[Malaysia]], November 2003]]
 
[[Image:Nordmanns_Greenshank.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|tunpin.ong|tunpin.ong}} <br />Big Ash Pond, Kapar Power Station, Selangor, [[Malaysia]], November 2003]]
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[[Russia]]  
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Widespread throughout [[Asia]]: found in [[Russia]], [[Siberia]], [[China]], [[India]], Western [[Himalayas]], [[Bangladesh]], [[North Korea|North]] and [[South Korea]], [[Hong Kong]]<br />
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'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Singapore]], [[Philippines]], [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]] and [[Sumatra]]
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==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
  
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==Taxonomy==
 
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Wet coastal meadows and coastal mudflats, and nests in sparse larch forest.
 
Wet coastal meadows and coastal mudflats, and nests in sparse larch forest.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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It builds nests of larch twigs and lichens, on wind-bent larch trunks or thick branches in sparsely wooded swamps. 4 eggs are laid and are incubated by both the male and female.  Once hatched, the adults lead the chicks to coastal meadows where the broods stay near shallow ponds obscured by dense vegetation.
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====Breeding====
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The four eggs are laid in a twiggy nest placed on thick branches, in thinly wooded swamps. The clutch is incubated by both adults, who then lead the chicks into hiding in coastal meadows.
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====Diet====
 
Diet includes sticklebacks, terrestrial invertebrates, small crustaceans, molluscs, and worms.  
 
Diet includes sticklebacks, terrestrial invertebrates, small crustaceans, molluscs, and worms.  
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug13}}#Avibase
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2014)
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#Wikipedia
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==External Links==
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{{GSearch|"Tringa guttifer" {{!}} "Nordmann's Greenshank"}}
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{{GSearch|Tringa+guttifer}}
 
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*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=35&bid=1544 View more images of this species on the ABID]
 
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*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=1218&Bird_Image_ID=2291&Bird_Family_ID=138 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
 
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Tringa]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Tringa]]

Latest revision as of 10:47, 31 May 2023

Photo by Bob Pease
Mai Po, Hong Kong, April 2002
Tringa guttifer

Identification

29–32 cm

  • Bicoloured, slightly upturned, bill
  • Yellow legs
  • Black upper parts with whitish spots
  • Head and neck heavily streaked
  • Broad black crescent-shaped spots on lower neck and breast
  • Dark lores
  • Grey tail

Juveniles are browner than adults, with a pale brown breast and wing edges.

Distribution

Photo by tunpin.ong
Big Ash Pond, Kapar Power Station, Selangor, Malaysia, November 2003

Widespread throughout Asia: found in Russia, Siberia, China, India, Western Himalayas, Bangladesh, North and South Korea, Hong Kong
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Greater Sundas and Sumatra

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Wet coastal meadows and coastal mudflats, and nests in sparse larch forest.

Behaviour

Breeding

The four eggs are laid in a twiggy nest placed on thick branches, in thinly wooded swamps. The clutch is incubated by both adults, who then lead the chicks into hiding in coastal meadows.

Diet

Diet includes sticklebacks, terrestrial invertebrates, small crustaceans, molluscs, and worms.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2014)
  4. Wikipedia

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External Links

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