Wood sandpiper
Wood sandpiper | |
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Wood sandpiper in Gazipur City, Bangladesh
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Scolopacidae |
Genus: | Tringa |
Species: | T. glareola
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Binomial name | |
Tringa glareola | |
Synonyms | |
The wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) is a small
Description and systematics
It resembles a longer-legged and more delicate green (T. ochropus) or solitary sandpiper (T. solitaria) with a short fine bill, brown back and longer yellowish legs. It differs from the first of those species in a smaller and less contrasting white rump patch, while the solitary sandpiper has no white rump patch at all.[3]
However, it is not very closely related to these two species. Rather, its closest relative is the
Ecology
The wood sandpiper breeds in
This bird is usually found on
Adult wood sandpipers moult all their primary feathers between August and December, whilst immature birds moult varying number of outer primaries between December and April, much closer to their departure from Africa. Immatures are also much more flexible than adults in the timing and rate of their moult and refueling. Adults and immatures which accumulate fuel loads of c.50% of their lean body mass can potentially cross distances of 2397–4490 km in one non-stop flight.[8]
The wood sandpiper is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (
Widespread, it is considered a Species of
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Wood sandpiper Mangaon, Maharashtra, India
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In non-breeding plumage
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Egg, Collection Museum Wiesbaden
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From India
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Wood sandpiper seen in Perumbakkam Lake, Chennai
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Wood sandpiper, National Park Lower Oder Valley, Germany
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ ISBN 0-395-60237-8.
- S2CID 86221767.
- ^ Wiles, Gary J.; Worthington, David J.; Beck, Robert E. Jr.; Pratt, H. Douglas; Aguon, Celestino F.; Pyle, Robert L. (2000). "Noteworthy Bird Records for Micronesia, with a Summary of Raptor Sightings in the Mariana Islands, 1988–1999" (PDF). Micronesica. 32 (2): 257–284. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
- ^ VanderWerf, Eric A. (2006). "Observations on the birds of Kwajalein Atoll, including six new species records for the Marshall Islands" (PDF). Micronesica. 38 (2): 221–237. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
- ^ VanderWerf, Eric A.; Wiles, Gary J.; Marshall, Ann P.; Knecht, Melia (2006). "Observations of migrants and other birds in Palau, April–May 2005, including the first Micronesian record of a Richard's Pipit" (PDF). Micronesica. 39 (1): 11–29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
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- ^ "Species factsheet: Tringa glareola". www.birdlife.org. BirdLife International. 2008.
External links
- Wood sandpiper species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
- Oriental Bird Images: Wood Sandpiper Selected photos
- Ageing and sexing (PDF; 1.8 MB) by Javier Blasco-Zumeta & Gerd-Michael Heinze
- "Tringa glareola". Avibase.
- "Wood sandpiper media". Internet Bird Collection.
- Wood sandpiper photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
- Interactive range map of Tringa glareola at IUCN Red List maps
- Audio recordings of Wood sandpiper on Xeno-canto.
- Tringa glareola in Field Guide: Birds of the World on Flickr
- Wood sandpiper media from ARKive