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- Tringa stagnatilis
Identification
Long fine bill, very long spindly yellowish legs, grey brown in breeding plumage, paler in winter, and has a white wedge up its back (reminiscent of Common Greenshank).
Feet project well beyond the tail in flight
Distribution
Eastern-most Europe to central Asia.
Eastern Europe: Scandinavia, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, The Netherlands, France, Portugal, Spain, Mallorca, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Italy, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Yugoslavia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Macedonia, Greece, Crete, Malta, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Moldova
Northern Africa: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt
Western Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi
Southern Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Swaziland
African Islands: Cape Verde, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po), São Tomé and Príncipe, Saint Helena, Comoros
Middle East: Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
Asia: Russia, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, China, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, Brunei, Singapore, Philippines, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas, Bali, West Timor, Moluccas, East Timor
Australasia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Christmas Island, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Guam
Taxonomy
Monotypic
Habitat
Open grassy steppe and taiga wetlands.
Behaviour
These birds forage by probing in shallow water or on wet mud.
Diet
Diet includes insects, and similar small prey.
Vocalisation
<flashmp3>Tringa stagnatilis (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
References
- Collins Field Guide 5th Edition
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