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| Tringa glareola Linnaeus, 1758 |
The Wood Sandpiper, Tringa glareola, is a small wader. It is the smallest of the shanks, and breeds in subarctic wetlands from the Scottish Highlands across Europe and Asia. It will nest on the ground, or reuse the old tree nest of another bird, such as the Fieldfare.
It resembles a longer-legged, elegant GreenGreen Sandpiper : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Scolopacidae : Tringa ochropus Binomial name ''Tringa ochropus Linnaeus, 1758 The Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus is a small wader. It breeds across subarctic Europe and Asia. It is a migrat, or Solitary SandpiperSolitary Sandpiper : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Scolopacidae : Tringa solitaria Binomial name ''Tringa solitaria Wilson, 1813) The Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria is a small wader. It breeds in woodlands across Alaska and Canada. with a short fine bill, brown back and longer yellowish legs. It differs from the first of those species in that the white rump patch is smaller and less contrasting, and Solitary lacks a white rump anyway.
They migrateLong-distance land bird migration Many species of land birds migrate very long distances, the most common pattern being for birds to breed in the temperate or arctic northern hemisphere and winter in warmer regions, often in the tropics or the southern he to AfricaAfrica is the world's second-largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. 30,244,050 km2 (11,677,240 mi2) including the islands, it covers 20. 3% of the total land area on Earth, and with over 800 million human inhabitants it accounts for ar and southern Asia, particularly IndiaThe Republic of India is a large multicultural country in South Asia, with a population of over one billion. The Indian economy is the fourth largest in the world, in terms of purchasing power parity, and is the world's second-fastest growing economy.. This bird is usually found on fresh water during migration and wintering.
These birds forage by probing in shallow water or on wet mud. They mainly eat insects, and similar small prey.
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