Snipes, Sandpipers 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 3 years ago 51 sec 4.7 -
A bird preening and calling Locality Restinga de Maçambaba, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2005 6 years ago 44 sec 4.6 -
A bird perched on a trunk, calling persistenly. Locality Portage Glacier Recreational Area, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 May 2012 43 weeks ago 39 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 1 year ago 46 sec 4.4 -
feeding on marshes Locality Juneau, Alaska, USA (United States)
Vicky Cheng 1 August 2012 25 weeks ago 2 min 16 sec 4.3 -
An individual feeding on the water. Locality George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary, British Columbia, Canada (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 17 August 2012 31 weeks ago 35 sec 4.3
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A fall migrant
Locality Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 24 August 2008 2 years ago 4.6 -
Sometimes it pays to stay it a little longer
Locality Texas, USA (United States)
gerfer 1 May 2008 42 weeks ago 4.5 -
A migrant
Locality Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 18 August 2008 2 years ago 4.4 -
On rocks
Locality Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 19 September 2009 2 years ago 4.3 -
Adult-non breeding
Locality Tigertail Beach, Marco Island, Collier County, Florida, USA (United States)
Paul Cools 4 February 2011 28 weeks ago 4.3 -
A ghost in the back
Locality Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 18 August 2008 2 years ago 4.2
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An individual calling. Locality Portage Glacier Recreational Area, Alaska, USA (United States)
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 May 2012 43 weeks ago 4 -
Calls by one bird. Locality Portage Glacier Recreational Area, Alaska, USA (United States)
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 May 2012 43 weeks ago 4 -
Calls by one bird. Locality Portage Glacier Recreational Area, Alaska, USA (United States)
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 May 2012 43 weeks ago 4 -
Call in flight. Locality Tauá, Ceará State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 16 March 2007 4 years ago 4
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