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;[[:Category:Tringa|Tringa]] nebularia | ;[[:Category:Tringa|Tringa]] nebularia | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | Grey-brown upperparts, pale underparts, darl grey flecks on head and neck, narrow white eye ring, dark outer-wing, white rump and back, dark to green-grey long, upward curved bill, yellow-green long legs; breeding birds - bold black chevrons on chest and heavily streaked and marked upper body. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[Africa]], Coastal [[Asia]], [[India]], the [[Philippines]], southern [[New Guinea]] and [[Australia]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | There are 2 subspecies. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Coastal areas and inland, estuaries, mudflats, mangrove swamps, lagoons, swamps, and flooded crops. | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | The diet includes insects, worms, molluscs, small fish and crustaceans. | ||
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| + | The male builds the nest, a shallow depression lined with feathers and vegetation. Both sexes share the incubation and the raising of the young. | ||
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====Vocalisation==== | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
<flashmp3>Tringa nebularia (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | <flashmp3>Tringa nebularia (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | ||
''[[Media:Tringa nebularia (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ''[[Media:Tringa nebularia (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | Birds in Backyards | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Tringa+nebularia}} | {{GSearch|Tringa+nebularia}} | ||
Revision as of 16:54, 17 February 2009
- Tringa nebularia
Identification
Grey-brown upperparts, pale underparts, darl grey flecks on head and neck, narrow white eye ring, dark outer-wing, white rump and back, dark to green-grey long, upward curved bill, yellow-green long legs; breeding birds - bold black chevrons on chest and heavily streaked and marked upper body.
Distribution
Africa, Coastal Asia, India, the Philippines, southern New Guinea and Australia.
Taxonomy
There are 2 subspecies.
Habitat
Coastal areas and inland, estuaries, mudflats, mangrove swamps, lagoons, swamps, and flooded crops.
Behaviour
The diet includes insects, worms, molluscs, small fish and crustaceans.
The male builds the nest, a shallow depression lined with feathers and vegetation. Both sexes share the incubation and the raising of the young.
Vocalisation
<flashmp3>Tringa nebularia (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
References
Birds in Backyards
External Links
