Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Grootgeelpootruiter
Common Names in Dutch:
Grote Geelpootruiter
Common Names in English:
big cucu, big telltale, big yellow-legged plover, big yellow-legs, cucu, gray yellowlegs, greater tattler, greater tell tale, greater yellow shanks, Greater Yellowlegs, horse yellowlegs, long-legged tattler, stone bird, stone snipe, tell-tale, tell-tale godwit, winter yellowlegs, yellow-shins, yelper
Common Names in French:
Grand Chevalier ? pattes jaunes, Chevalier criard, grand chevalier, Grand chevalier à pattes jaunes
Common Names in German:
Großer Gelbschenkel, Grosser Gelbschenkel
Common Names in Italian:
Totano zampegialle maggiore
Common Names in Japanese:
オオキアシシギ
Common Names in Spanish:
Archibebe patigualdo grande, Patamarilla mayor
Common Names in Swedish:
Större gulbena
Description
Physical Description
Adult : Bill: Curvature: slightly upturned Length : fairly long Shape : stout Neck: Length: long Width : slender Body: Back: dark gray-brown with white speckles Shape: slender Size: fairly large Underparts: white with brown speckles and bars Legs : Leg Color: bright yellow Leg Length: long Tail: white with brown speckles and bars.Adult Breeding Season : Head : white, streaked with blackish Face : Eye Ring: typically white Lores : dark stripe Bill: blackish with gray base Curvature: slightly upturned Length: fairly long Shape: stout Neck: white, streaked with blackish Length: long Width: slender Body: Back: dark gray-brown with white speckles Belly: sometimes barred and spotted with blackish Chest: barred and spotted with blackish Mantle: dark grayish-brown spotted with white Rump : white Shape: slender Sides: barred and spotted with blackish Size: fairly large Underparts: white with brown speckles and bars Legs: Leg Color: bright yellow Leg Length: long Wings : Remiges : dark Tail: white, barred with dusky.Adult Winter: Head: pale gray, finely streaked with dusky Face: Eye Ring: typically white Lores: dark stripe Bill: blackish with gray base Curvature: slightly upturned Length: fairly long Shape: stout Neck: pale gray, finely streaked with dusky Length: long Width: slender Body: Back: dark gray-brown with white speckles Belly: white Chest: pale gray, finely streaked with dusky Mantle: dark grayish-brown spotted with white Rump: white Shape: slender Size: fairly large Underparts: white with brown speckles and bars Legs: Leg Color: bright yellow Leg Length: long Wings: Remiges: dark Tail: white, barred with dusky.Young: Head: pale gray, finely streaked with dusky Face: Eye Ring: typically white Lores: dark stripe Bill: blackish with gray base Curvature: slightly upturned Length: fairly long Shape: stout Neck: pale gray, finely streaked with dusky Length: long Width: slender Body: Back: dark gray-brown with white speckles Belly: white Chest: pale gray, finely streaked with dusky Mantle: dark grayish-brown spotted with white Rump: white Shape: slender Size: fairly large Underparts: white with brown speckles and bars Upperparts: much finer and denser pale spotting than winter adult Legs: Leg Color: bright yellow Leg Length: long Wings: Remiges: dark Tail: white, barred with dusky.
Color:
Adult
alternate: Head
, neck, and chest are extensively streaked
with
black · Pale
flanks are barred with black · Whitish
belly with sparse dark bars
and chevrons · Back and upperwings
are dark brown, dappled with black and white · White notches
on wing
feathers
appear as white spots on back · Whitish supercilium
and eyering, dusky
lores
Adult basic: Head and neck pale, streaked sparsely with brown ·
Breast, and to a lesser extent, flanks, streaked and spotted with
gray-brown · Dark brown back, with pale flecks and feather
edges
· Buff notches on wing feathers appear as white spots
on back
Size/Age/Growth
About 14 inches long, with a wingspan of 23 to 26 inches. Adults weigh about 6 ounces .
Habitat
Found chiefly around grass-bordered pools .
Vegetation: freshwater marshes, saltwater and brackish marshes, coastal sand beaches and mudflats, riverine sand beaches • Maximum Elevation: 4,300 meters • Sensitivity to Disturbance: Low
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,013 meters (0 to 16,447 feet).[1]
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.1 Forest - Boreal
- 1.4 Forest - Temperate
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.3 Shrubland - Boreal
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.4 Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands
- 5.10 Wetlands (inland) - Tundra Wetlands (incl. pools and temporary waters from snowmelt)
- 5.14 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Saline, Brackish or Alkaline Lakes
- 12 Marine Intertidal
- 12.4 Marine Intertidal - Mud Flats and Salt Flats
- 12.5 Marine Intertidal - Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses)
- 13 Marine Coastal/Supratidal
- 13.4 Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes
- 15 Artificial/Aquatic & Marine
- 15.1 Artificial/Aquatic - Water Storage Areas (over 8ha)
- 15.8 Artificial/Aquatic - Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land [more info]
Biology
Diet
Primarily fish and aquatic invertebrates .
Reproduction
- Clutch Size: 4
- Length of Incubation : 23 days
- Days to Fledge : 18-20
- Number of Broods: 1
Migration
Migratory
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Charadriimorphae
()
- Huxley, 1867
- Order:
Charadriiformes
()
- Huxley, 1867
- Suborder:
Limicolae
()
- Beddard, 1898
- Infraorder:
Scolopacides
()
- Strauch, 1978
- Parvorder:
Scolopacida
()
- Superfamily:
Scolopacoidea
()
- Vigors, 1825
- Family:
Scolopacidae
()
- Vigors, 1825
- Family:
Scolopacidae
(
- Superfamily:
Scolopacoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Scolopacida
(
- Infraorder:
Scolopacides
(
- Suborder:
Limicolae
(
- Order:
Charadriiformes
(
- Superorder:
Charadriimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Tringa melanoleuca (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Lesser Yellowlegs, Willet, Common Greenshank
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
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Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 12, 2008:
- Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
- Avian Knowledge Network: Great Backyard Bird Count
- Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
- 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
- Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: North West Territories and Nunavut Bird Checklist, Canada
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Ontario Nest Records
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds (Aves)
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Royal British Columbia Museum
- Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Bird Collection
- GBIF-Sweden: Birds (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bay of Fundy Species List (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: SEAMAP - marine mammals, birds and turtles
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Ornithology Collection
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- New Brunswick Museum: NBM birds
- Royal Ontario Museum: Bird specimens
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
- UCLA-Dickey Bird Collection (UCLA-Dickey): Bird specimens
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Argyll Bird Club - Bird records for Argyll for the years 2002 and 2003
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
- University of Alaska Museum of the North: MSB Birds Specimens
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8128
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176619
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2487430
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176619
- IUCN ID: 247158
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNNF01020
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4533
Footnotes
- Mean = 634.670 meters (2,082.251 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,035.350 based on 22,438 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
