Snipes, Sandpipers and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) - HBW 3, p. 511
French: Chevalier cul-blanc
German: Waldwasserläufer
Spanish: Andarríos Grande
Taxonomy: Tringa Ocrophus [sic] Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Scandinavia and E Europe through C Asia to E Siberia; isolated population in Kyrgyzstan and NW Xinjiang. Winters in Mediterannean and tropical Africa, and from Turkey through Middle East and Indian Subcontinent to S Japan, E China, Philippines and N Borneo; small wintering populations in W & WC Europe, and in sheltered valleys of Tien Shan zone.
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A bird scratching its head. Locality Tauste, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 12 September 2010 2 years ago 29 sec 3.7 -
A bird foraging on the water's edge Locality Bezden, Sofia Province, Bulgaria (Monotypic species)
Iva Hristova 17 November 2006 6 years ago 6 sec 3.7 -
A bird feeding in the low water. Locality Borsbeek, Antwerp Province, Belgium
Jeremiusz Trzaska 16 April 2011 2 years ago 39 sec 3.5 -
Bird by pool in grazed field Locality Kam Tin, Hong Kong (Monotypic species)
Desmond Allen 18 March 2008 20 weeks ago 29 sec 3.4 -
A bird calling Locality Awash National Park, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 7 years ago 17 sec 3.4 -
A bird scratching its bill. Locality Tauste, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 11 April 2010 2 years ago 36 sec 3.3
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A bird wintering in Ethiopia
Locality Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Stefan Helming 14 December 2008 4 years ago 2 -
At marsh
Locality Bhavnagar District, Gujarat, India
Shantilal Varu 3 August 2012 34 weeks ago 1.8 -
Poor capture of a green sandpiper due to dinstance and position.
Locality Cesano Maderno, Lombardy Region, Italy
Cristiano Crolle 22 July 2011 1 year ago 1.8 -
feeding
Locality Lampertheim, Hesse, Germany
oleicfrisbee 47 weeks ago 1.6
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Calls and alarm calls in flight Locality Woking, Surrey, England, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 10 November 2005 3 years ago 4 -
Alarm calls. Locality Sweden
AnteStrand 22 June 2010 2 years ago 3 -
Calls while flying away Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 March 2005 3 years ago 3 -
Typical calls in flight Locality Surrey, England, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 14 November 2005 4 years ago 3
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