Snipes, Sandpipers and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) - HBW 3, p. 510
French: Chevalier aboyeur
German: Grünschenkel
Spanish: Archibebe Claro
Other common names: (Greater) Greenshank
Taxonomy: Scolopax nebularia Gunnerus, 1767, district of Trondheim, Norway.
Possible race glottoides proposed for E populations, on grounds of larger size range and details of non-breeding plumage. Monotypic.
Distribution: N Scotland and Scandinavia E through C Asia to E Siberia and Kamchatka. Winters from W Europe through Mediterranean to Africa, and E through Middle East to S Asia, Indonesia and Australasia.
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A bird recently flushed from its nest, then returning to incubate Locality Oulanka National Park, Finland (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 3 June 2007 5 years ago 28 sec 4.7 -
Wading Locality Cabo de Gata, Almeria, Andalucia, Spain
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2013 12 weeks ago 45 sec 4.7 -
Male and female copulating. Locality Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Eastern Russia, Russia
Alexdersu 1 year ago 26 sec 4.6 -
An adult in winter plumage foraging in the margins of a tidal pool Locality Porth Hellick Pool, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 16 September 2012 32 weeks ago 33 sec 4.5 -
preening bird Locality Kotu Creek, Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 22 December 2011 1 year ago 19 sec 4.2 -
A bird in winter plumage, foraging in the water Locality Werribee, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Geoffrey Dabb 30 September 2006 5 years ago 36 sec 4.2
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in flight
Locality Ma'agan Michael, Israel
Lior Kislev 29 August 2012 37 weeks ago 4.4 -
Feeding in low water.
Locality Blato, City of Zagreb, Croatia
spiljar 30 August 2010 2 years ago 4.4 -
Adult winter
Locality Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia
Paul Cools 5 February 2012 27 weeks ago 4.3 -
in flight
Locality Eilat, Israel
Lior Kislev 6 April 2010 1 year ago 4.3 -
A bird standing in the water, at Central Yakutia.
Locality Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Eastern Russia, Russia
Alexdersu 1 June 2009 1 year ago 4.3 -
Winter adult stretching wing.
Locality Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia
Piotr Jonczyk 16 January 2009 3 years ago 4.2
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Calling whle taking off Locality Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 February 2003 3 years ago 4.5 -
Calls by one bird. Locality Wild Ass Sanctuary, Little Rann of Kutch, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 17 February 2011 1 year ago 4 -
Calls of several birds. Locality Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 1 November 2009 3 years ago 4 -
Alarm calls or a presumed juvenile Locality Lower Breakish, Isle of Skye, Scotland, Great Britain
(Monotypic species)
Stuart Fisher 11 August 2002 3 years ago 4 -
calling while feeding and taking off Locality Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 February 2003 3 years ago 3.5 -
Warning calls. Locality Sweden
AnteStrand 23 June 2010 2 years ago 3
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