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Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola

Overview​

Description​

The wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) is a small wader belonging to the sandpiper family Scolopacidae. A Eurasian species, 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 maritime or coastal habitats of other, similar species.1

Taxonomy​

Charadriiformes > Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies) > Shorebirds

Sightings​

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Relevant Sightings​

Places Seen​

  • Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

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Footnotes​

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_sandpiper ↩