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Wood sandpiper

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The wood sandpiper, Tringa glareola, is a small wader in the sandpiper family Scolopacidae and the smallest species in the genus Tringa. It breeds across subarctic wetlands from the Scottish Highlands eastward through Eurasia and migrates to winter in Africa, South Asia, particularly India, and Australia, with occasional records as far as the Hawaiian Islands and a regular presence in Micronesia between October and May. Unlike many related waders it favors freshwater and wetland habitats rather than coastal shores, and it can be told apart by its shorter, finer bill, brown back, and longer yellowish legs, with breeding plumage of subdued light brown mottled darker above and diffuse brownish spotting on the breast and neck; its closest relative is the common redshank. It maintains a stable, healthy global population and is listed as Least Concern. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Insectivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
System (Realm)
Freshwater 2
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Tringa glareola 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Tringa, Taxa
Source Wood sandpiper (Wikidata)

In Biome

Freshwater, Biomes
Source Wood sandpiper (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. Wood sandpiper (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q18837 (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. Wood sandpiper (Wikipedia)
  • Conservation status (IUCN Red List category stated in entity description)
    mon redshank. It maintains a stable, healthy global population and is listed as Least Concern.
  • In Biome: Freshwater, Wikipedia intro: "es, 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 marit..."
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