From Opus
Tringa stagnatilis
[edit ] Identification Long fine bill, very long spindly yellowish legs, grey brown in breeding plumage, paler in winter, and has a white wedge up its back (reminiscent of Common Greenshank ). Due to early moult, Marsh Sandpiper will in late summer often look considerably paler than other European Tringa sandpipers.
Feet project well beyond the tail in flight
[edit ] Distribution Breeding eastern-most Europe to central Asia , migrating to Africa , southern Asia and Australasia . Eastern Europe : Scandinavia , Norway , Sweden , Finland , Denmark , The Netherlands , France , Portugal , Spain , Mallorca , Switzerland , Liechtenstein , Germany , Italy , Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania , Belarus , Poland , Czechoslovakia , Czech Republic , Slovakia , Hungary , Slovenia , Croatia , Yugoslavia , Montenegro , Serbia , Albania , Macedonia , Greece , Crete , Malta , Bulgaria , Romania , Ukraine , Moldova Northern Africa : Morocco , Algeria , Tunisia , Libya , Egypt Western Africa : Mauritania , Senegal , The Gambia , Guinea-Bissau , Guinea , Mali , Sierra Leone , Liberia , Ivory Coast , Burkina Faso , Ghana , Benin , Nigeria , Niger , Chad , Cameroon , Central African Republic , Equatorial Guinea , Gabon , Congo , Democratic Republic of Congo , Angola Eastern Africa : Sudan , Eritrea , Ethiopia , Djibouti , Somalia , Kenya , Uganda , Rwanda , Burundi , Tanzania , Zambia , Mozambique , Malawi Southern Africa : Namibia , Botswana , Zimbabwe , South Africa , KwaZulu-Natal , Lesotho , Swaziland African Islands : Cape Verde , Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po), São Tomé and PrÃncipe, Saint Helena, Comoros Middle East : Turkey , Cyprus , Syria , Lebanon , Israel , Jordan , Arabian Peninsula , Saudi Arabia , Yemen , Oman , United Arab Emirates , Qatar , Bahrain , Kuwait , Iraq , Iran , Armenia , Azerbaijan , Georgia Asia : Russia , Siberia , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Turkmenistan , Afghanistan , Mongolia , China , Nepal , Pakistan , India , Eastern and Western Himalayas , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Bangladesh , Bhutan , Korea , Japan , Taiwan , Hong Kong Southeast Asia : Indochina , Myanmar , Laos , Vietnam , Cambodia , Thailand , Malaysia , Borneo , Malay Peninsula , Brunei , Singapore , Philippines , Borneo , Indonesia , Greater Sundas , Sumatra , Java , Sulawesi , Lesser Sundas , Bali , West Timor , Moluccas , East Timor Australasia , Papua New Guinea , Australia , Christmas Island , New South Wales , Northern Territory , Queensland , South Australia , Tasmania , Victoria , Western Australia , Melanesia , Micronesia , Guam
[edit ] Taxonomy Monotypic
[edit ] Habitat Open grassy steppe and taiga wetlands.
[edit ] Behaviour These birds forage by probing in shallow water or on wet mud.
Diet includes insects, and similar small prey.
[edit ] Vocalisation Listen in an external program [edit ] References Collins Field Guide 5th Edition
Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World . 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
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