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Wood Sandpiper

Tringa glareola

The wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) is a small wader belonging to the sandpiper family Scolopacidae. A Eurasian species, it is the smallest of the shanks, a genus of mid-sized, long-legged waders that largely inhabit freshwater and wetland environments, as opposed to the maritime or coastal habitats of other, similar species.

Overview

The wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) is a small wader belonging to the sandpiper family Scolopacidae. A Eurasian species, it is the smallest of the shanks, a genus of mid-sized, long-legged waders that largely inhabit freshwater and wetland environments, as opposed to the maritime or coastal habitats of other, similar species.

Habitat & distribution

Habitats

FreshwaterTerrestrial

Video

Wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) foraging.Credit: Marc Plomp · CC BY-SA 3.0 nlSource ↗

Sounds

alarm callTeet Sirotkin · Sompio, Lappi, Finland · https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

References

  1. GBIF Auto Sync GBIF
  2. WoRMS / Aphia World Register of Marine Species
  3. Wikipedia — Wood sandpiper Wikipedia

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