Tringa macularia

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,647 meters (0 to 8,684 feet).[1]

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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Further Reading

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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:

• Bird Studies Canada, BC Coastal Waterbird Survey
• Bird Studies Canada, Marsh Monitoring Program - Birds
• Bird Studies Canada, Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas 1981-1985
• Bird Studies Canada, Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas 2001-2005
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 12317
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176631
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13758742
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176631
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 142490

Footnotes

1. Mean = 259.380 meters (850.984 feet), Standard Deviation = 189.630 based on 4,328 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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