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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

Relationship to People

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Relationship to People

Disease Vector 3

Living or Extinct

Yes 4

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

G5 Secure 5

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 3

Scientific Name

Tringa glareola 4

Conservation Status

Least Concern 6

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Wood sandpiper (Wikidata)

In Biome

Source Wood sandpiper (Wikipedia)

In Ecosystem

Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Tringa glareola (Animal Diversity Web)

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Antigua and Barbuda

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Central African Republic

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Dominican Republic

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Sources

1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)

2. GBIF Species API

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3. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Tringa glareola (Animal Diversity Web)

Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

Economic Importance for Humans: Positive Impacts
Positive Impacts pet trade pet trade food food
Economic Importance for Humans: Negative Impacts
Negative Impacts injures humans carries human disease
Conservation Status: CITES
CITES No special status
In Ecosystem: Heath, Habitat
Their breeding areas include boreal forests, wet heathlands, grassy marshes and scrublands.

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4. 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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5. NatureServe Explorer: Tringa glareola

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "G5"

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6. Wood sandpiper (Wikipedia)

Infobox: status
LC
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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