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Solitary Sandpiper

Animals; Birds

The Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) is a small wader (shorebird). Its only close relative in the genus Tringa is the Green Sandpiper. It breeds in woodlands across Alaska and Canada.

Greater Yellowlegs

Animals; Birds

The Greater Yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca, is a large North American shorebird, similar in appearance to the smaller Lesser Yellowlegs. Their breeding habitat is bogs and marshes in the boreal ...

Common Greenshank

Animals; Birds

The Greenshank Tringa nebularia is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders. This is a subarctic bird, breeding from northern Scotland eastwards across northern Europe and Asia.

Marsh Sandpiper

Animals; Birds

The Marsh Sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis, is a small wader. It is a rather small shank, and breeds in open grassy steppe and taiga wetlands from easternmost Europe to central Asia.

Common Redshank

Animals; Birds

The Common Redshank or simply Redshank (Tringa totanus) is an Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae.

Spotted Redshank

Animals; Birds

The Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus is a wader in the large bird family Scolopacidae, the typical waders. It is an Arctic bird, breeding across northern Scandinavia and northern Asia.

Wilson's Plover

Animals; Birds

The Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia) is a small plover. Wilson's Plover is a coastal wader which breeds on both coasts of the Americas from the equator northwards.

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