Lesser yellowlegs / Kleiner Gelbschenkel (Tringa flavipes)

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Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Tringa (Tringa); Family Shorebirds (Scolopacidae)
Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: North America, South America, Africa.
General: The lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) is a medium-sized shorebird. The genus name Tringa is the New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific flavipes is from Latin flavus, "yellow", and pes, "foot".[2] [more]