Snipes, Sandpipers and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) - HBW 3, p. 512
French: Chevalier sylvain
German: Bruchwasserläufer
Spanish: Andarríos Bastardo
Taxonomy: Tringa Glareola Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Monotypic.
Distribution: N Europe through C Siberia to Anadyrland, Kamchatka and Commander Is; occasionally Aleutian Is. Winters mainly in tropical and subtropical Africa, across S Asia to S China, Philippines, Indonesia and Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Perched bird calls on mountain breeding ground. Locality Buskerud County, Norway (Monotypic species)
cbramham 28 June 2009 3 years ago 40 sec 4.8 -
A bird on the grass, calling intensively. Locality Glukhoye Lake, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 June 2009 2 years ago 44 sec 4.7 -
A bird bathing. Locality Tauste, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 11 April 2010 2 years ago 50 sec 4.7 -
A bird at the water's edge, feeding. Locality Wabi Shabelle, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 December 2005 7 years ago 32 sec 4.6 -
A bird feeding on the water Locality Ubud, Bali (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
Philip Griffin 14 September 2005 6 years ago 20 sec 4.6 -
A breeding plumaged adult calling from a birch tree and then nearer the ground Locality Fokstumyra, Dombas, Oppland County, Norway (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 10 July 1999 13 weeks ago 39 sec 4.4
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A beautiful bird in a magnificent location
Locality Long Valley, Hong Kong
Bob Thompson 16 December 2007 4 years ago 4.7 -
Adults
Locality Kalloni Saltworks, Kalloni, Lesbos Island, North Aegean Region, Greece
Paul Cools 15 April 2007 29 weeks ago 4.6 -
at a salt pond
Locality Eilat, Israel
Lior Kislev 6 April 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
Wood Sandpiper looking for something to eat
Locality Netherlands
Rob Belterman 13 May 2010 3 years ago 4.3 -
On the river shore
Locality Kafue National Park, Zambia
Marco Valentini 4 September 2011 1 year ago 4.3 -
Standing in pond
Locality Long Valley, Hong Kong
Bob Thompson 15 November 2008 4 years ago 4.3
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An adult alarming Locality Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia
(Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 9 July 2010 2 years ago 4.5 -
Calls of a bird standing on the grass.
Locality Glukhoye Lake, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 June 2009 2 years ago 4 -
An adult giving alarm-calls. Locality Vasterbotten County, Sweden
(Monotypic species)
Iva Hristova 5 July 2008 3 years ago 3
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