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Tringa nebularia

[edit] Identification

Grey-brown upperparts, pale underparts, darl grey flecks on head and neck, narrow white eye ring, dark outer-wing, white rump and back, dark to green-grey long, upward curved bill, yellow-green long legs; breeding birds - bold black chevrons on chest and heavily streaked and marked upper body.

[edit] Distribution

Africa, Coastal Asia, India, the Philippines, southern New Guinea and Australia.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are 2 subspecies.

[edit] Habitat

Coastal areas and inland, estuaries, mudflats, mangrove swamps, lagoons, swamps, and flooded crops.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes insects, worms, molluscs, small fish and crustaceans.

The male builds the nest, a shallow depression lined with feathers and vegetation. Both sexes share the incubation and the raising of the young.

[edit] Vocalisation

[edit] References

Birds in Backyards

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