Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) - HBW 3, p. 511
French: Grand Chevalier
German: Großer Gelbschenkel
Spanish: Archibebe Patigualdo Grande
Taxonomy: Scolopax melanoleuca Gmelin, 1789, Chateaux Bay, Labrador.
Monotypic.
Distribution: S Alaska and British Columbia E to Labrador, Newfoundland I, Anticosti I and NE Nova Scotia. Winters from British Columbia and the Carolinas through Mexico, Central America and West Indies to South America, S to Tierra del Fuego.
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An adult bird moulting out of alternate plumage foraging in a fresh water marsh Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 31 July 2001 4 years ago 21 sec 4.7 -
Juvenile standing near lagoon edge Locality Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, Alaska, USA (United States)
Wayne Hall 26 July 2009 2 years ago 52 sec 4.7 -
An adult in basic plumage foraging among exposed shoreline rocks at low tide Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 31 October 2007 4 years ago 22 sec 4.6 -
An adult in basic plumage bathing in a coastal fresh water lagoon Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 31 October 2007 4 years ago 24 sec 4.6 -
An adult standing in the water, with a Lesser Yellowlegs in foreground Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 31 March 2004 4 years ago 19 sec 4.6 -
Adult in breeding plumage fishing in fresh water Locality Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, Alaska, USA (United States)
Wayne Hall 26 July 2009 2 years ago 1 min 17 sec 4.3
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Flying
Locality Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 6 September 2009 1 year ago 4.5 -
On the river shore
Locality Tárcoles, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 29 December 2008 1 year ago 4.5 -
On a rock
Locality Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 6 September 2009 1 year ago 4.5 -
Adult on a rock, on the shore.
Locality Punta del Este, Maldonado Department, Uruguay
Santiago Meligeni Lozano 2 January 2011 1 year ago 4.5 -
A lone bird in breeding plumage forages along a small creek
Locality Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, Humboldt County, California, USA (United States)
AndrewSmith 16 April 2011 41 weeks ago 4.3 -
Greater Yellowlegs stretching his legs
Locality Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, Gilbert, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA (United States)
Alex Woodruff 21 November 2010 17 weeks ago 4.2
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Calls. Locality Fortaleza, Ceará State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 23 February 2007 2 years ago 4
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