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  5. Tringa
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  7. Lesser Yellowlegs

BirdUp · Species

Lesser Yellowlegs

Tringa flavipes(Gmelin, JF, 1789)

Origin: Native
Order
CHARADRIIFORMES
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Tringa

At a glance

The Lesser Yellowlegs, native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.

Origin
Native
Best seen
Year-round
Commonness
Common
  • Identification
  • Where
  • When

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The lesser yellowlegs is a medium-sized shorebird. It breeds in the boreal forest region of North America.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

03 · When

When to look

When can you see a Lesser Yellowlegs?

The Lesser Yellowlegs is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

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02 · Where

Where to find it

Where does the Lesser Yellowlegs live in Australia?

The Lesser Yellowlegs is native to Australia, recorded across 6 of Australia’s bioregions.

Breeding(mainly) subarctic tundra to forest of north Nearctic: Alaska mainland (except far west, far north) south to central British Columbia and south Alberta, east to James Bay and probably central Quebec (east-central Canada)

Non-breedingSouth USA and LA : temperate to tropical coastal and inland Neotropical wetlands: north California, North Carolina, and throughout Caribbean south to Tierra del Fuego; Galápagos

Distribution from BirdUp Australia community data

Legend

  • Breeding
  • Vagrant

6 regions recorded