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Lesser Yellowlegs

Birds

The lesser yellowlegs is a medium-sized shorebird native to North America, measuring 23 to 25 centimeters long with a 59 to 64 centimeter wingspan and bright yellow legs. It breeds in clearings near ponds in the boreal forest from Alaska to Quebec, between roughly 51 and 69 degrees north latitude, and winters across Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. Breeding birds show mottled gray brown, black and white upperparts with white underparts streaked brown on the breast and neck, and a short dark bill about the length of the head. The species is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, with hunting during migration, loss of mudflat and mangrove habitat, and wetland conversion to agriculture named as threats. 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 and Freshwater 2
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 3
Living or Extinct
Yes 4
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
G5 Secure 5
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 3
Scientific Name
Tringa flavipes 4
Conservation Status
Vulnerable 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Tringa, Taxa
Source Lesser Yellowlegs (Wikidata)

In Biome

Boreal Forest, Biomes
Source Lesser Yellowlegs (Wikidata)

In Ecosystem

Gulf of California, Ecosystems
Source Lesser yellowlegs (Wikipedia)
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Antigua and Barbuda

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Barbados

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Belgium

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Belize

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Bolivia

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Brazil

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Canada

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Chile

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Colombia

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Cuba

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Dominican Republic

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Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Lesser yellowlegs (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox: status
    VU
  • System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
    It breeds in clearings near ponds in the boreal forest from Alaska to Quebec, between roughly 51 and 69 degrees north latitude, and winters across Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.
  • In Ecosystem: Gulf of California, Distribution and habitat
    During winter, lesser yellowlegs at the Atlantic coast of North America, from New Jersey southward, travel along the Pacific coast as far north as San Francisco Bay, and throughout the coastal regions of the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf of California.
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3. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Tringa flavipes (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Conservation Status: CITES
    CITES No special status
  • Economic Importance for Humans: Positive (hunted-fished)
    Historically, and in some areas still, they are hunted for food.
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4. Lesser Yellowlegs (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q28000 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): vulnerable.
  • Child Taxon Of: Tringa, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon)
  • In Biome: Boreal Forest, Introduction
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5. NatureServe Explorer: Tringa flavipes
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
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