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Green sandpiper

Birds

The green sandpiper, Tringa ochropus, is a small wading shorebird of the Old World. It represents an ancient lineage within the genus Tringa, with its closest living relative being the solitary sandpiper; both species share brown, lightly spotted wings and unusually nest in trees rather than on the ground like most other sandpipers. It breeds across subarctic Europe and the Palearctic and winters in southern Europe, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and tropical Africa.

Facts
Scientific Name
Tringa ochropus 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 5
Body Size Band
Small 6
Activity Pattern
Diurnal 6
Lifespan
11.5 7
Classification
Diet
Insectivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
System (Realm)
Freshwater 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Tringa, Taxa
Source Green sandpiper (Wikidata)
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Found In

Africa

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Australia

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Belgium

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Denmark

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Djibouti

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Eritrea

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France

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Kenya

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Mozambique

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North America

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Norway

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Poland

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Russia

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South Africa

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South Asia

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Spain

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Sweden

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Tanzania

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Ukraine

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Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
  • Diet: Insectivore
2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species API
  • System (Realm): Terrestrial
  • System (Realm): Freshwater
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3. Green sandpiper (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q28450 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Tringa, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon)
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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Aves
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Aves","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Aves","language":"ES"},{"name":"Birds","language":"EN"},{"name":"Oiseaux","language":"FR"},{"name":"鸟纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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5. Green sandpiper (Wikipedia)
Infobox: status
Quote, Infobox: status
LC
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6. Ecological Society of America, Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 bird functional traits (BirdFuncDat)
Ecological Society of America, Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014)
  • Row: tringa ochropus
    4099 Nonpasseriformes Charadriiformes Scolopacidae Sandpipers and allies 59 BL3 Tringa ochropus Green Sandpiper 70 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 10 Invertebrate Ref_3 A Carolina 0 50 40 10 0 0 0 0 Ref_3 1 Jessica 0 71.4 Dunning08 1
  • BirdFuncDat.txt row Tringa ochropus, Nocturnal column
    Tringa ochropus Green Sandpiper 70 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 10 Invertebrate Ref_3 A Carolina 0 50 40 10 0 0 0 0 Ref_3 1 Jessica 0
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7. Human Ageing Genomic Resources, University of Liverpool: AnAge entry for Tringa ochropus
Human Ageing Genomic Resources, University of LiverpoolLifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Quote, Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity 11.5 years (wild)
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Tringa
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 2060
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 2060
"cites_listing":"I/NC","eu_listing":"A/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Aves","order":"Charadriiformes","family":"Scolopacidae"},"synonyms":[{"id":32385,"full_name":"Scolopax erythropus","author_year":"Pallas, 1764","rank":"SPECIES"},{"id":31217,"full_name":"Scolopax flavipes","author_year":"Gmelin, 1789","rank":"SPECIES"},{"id":32289,"full_name":"Scolopax melanoleuca","author_year":"Gmelin, 1789","rank":"SPECIES"},{"id":36424,"full_name":"Scolopax nebularia","author_year":"Gunnerus, 1767","rank":"SPECIES"},{"id":34848,"full_name":"Scolopax semipalmata","author_year":"Gmelin, 1789","rank":"SPECIES"},{"id":35187,"full_name":"Heteroscelus brevipes","author_year":"(Vieillot, 1816)","rank":"SPECIES"},{"id":31168,"full_name":"Actitis hypoleucos","author_year":"(Linnaeus, 1758)","rank":"SPECIES"},{"id":30966,"full_name":"Totanus stagnatilis","author_year":"Bechstein, 1803","rank":"SPECIES"},{"id":33150,"full_name":"Totanus brevipes","author_year":"Vieillot, 1816","rank":"SPECIES"}],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
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