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Lesser Yellowlegs

Tringa flavipes(Gmelin, JF, 1789)

Native
Order
CHARADRIIFORMES
Genus
Tringa
Commonness
Common
Best seen
Year-round

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

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
(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-breeding range
South USA and LA : temperate to tropical coastal and inland Neotropical wetlands: north California, North Carolina, and throughout Caribbean south to Tierra del Fuego; Galápagos

03 · When

When to look

Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.

  1. Jan
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  12. Dec

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