Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) - HBW 3, p. 511
French: Petit Chevalier
German: Kleiner Gelbschenkel
Spanish: Archibebe Patigualdo Chico
Other common names: Yellowshank
Taxonomy: Scolopax flavipes Gmelin, 1789, New York.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Alaska to SC Canada, E to James Bay. Winters from S USA through Mexico, Central America and West Indies to South America, S to Tierra del Fuego.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two juveniles that are in partial molt into basic plumage foraging in a shallow slow moving part of a river that feeds a mixed f Locality Santa Clara River Estuary, Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 25 September 2009 2 years ago 51 sec 4.5 -
A juvenile bird foraging in a fresh water marsh Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 31 August 2001 4 years ago 20 sec 4.5 -
Several juveniles foraging with their counterpart the Greater Yellowlegs, which gives a good comparison of size difference. Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 18 September 2011 20 weeks ago 46 sec 4.3 -
Two adults standing in the water Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 31 March 2004 4 years ago 19 sec 4.2 -
A bird preening and calling Locality Restinga de Maçambaba, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2005 4 years ago 44 sec 4.2 -
A wary bird on a muddy bank of a brackish swamp. Locality Weg naar Zee, Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 26 March 2011 25 weeks ago 18 sec 4
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A fall migrant
Locality Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 24 August 2008 1 year ago 4.7 -
A migrant
Locality Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 18 August 2008 1 year ago 4.5 -
On rocks
Locality Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 19 September 2009 1 year ago 4.3 -
A ghost in the back
Locality Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 18 August 2008 1 year ago 4.2 -
Near trouble water
Locality Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 19 September 2008 1 year ago 4 -
Making bubble
Locality Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 19 August 2009 1 year ago 4
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Call in flight. Locality Tauá, Ceará State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 16 March 2007 2 years ago 4
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