Tringa hypoleucos

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -1,479 meters (0 to -4,852 feet).[1]

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996

Similar Species

Members of the genus Tringa

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 19 species and subspecies in this genus:

T. brevipes (Gray-Tailed Tattler) · T. cinerea (Terek Sandpiper) · T. erythropus (Spotted Redshank) · T. flavipes (Lesser Long-Legged Tattler) · T. glareola (Wood Sandpiper) · T. guttifer (NordmannÌs Greenshank) · T. hypoleucos (Common Sandpiper) · T. hypoleucos hypoleucos (Common Sandpiper) · T. incana (Wandering Tattler) · T. macularia (Spotted Sandpiper) · T. melanoleuca (Big Yellow-Legged Plover) · T. nebularia (Common Greenshank) · T. ochropus (Green Sandpiper) · T. solitaria (American Green Sandpiper) · T. solitaria cinnamomea (Solitary Sandpiper) · T. solitaria solitaria (Solitary Sandpiper) · T. stagnatilis (Marsh Sandpiper) · T. totanus (Common Sandpiper) · T. totanus totanus (Common Sandpiper)

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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• European Environment Agency, EUNIS
• Mokpo Museum of Natural History, Mokpo Museum of Natural History Bird
• National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• National Science Museum of Korea, National Science Museum of Korea Bird
• University of Gdansk, Bird Migration Research Station, Ringing Data from the Bird Migration Research Station, University of Gdańsk
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 12316
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176625
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13758742
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176625
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 142477

Footnotes

1. Mean = -166.930 meters (-547.671 feet), Standard Deviation = 446.560 based on 361 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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