- 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
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