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[[Image:Wood_Sandpiper.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Peter+Duymelinc|Peter Duymelinc}}<br />Luxor, [[Egypt]], January 2005 ]]
;[[:Category:Tringa|Tringa]] glareola
;[[:Category:Tringa|Tringa]] glareola
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[[Image:Wood_Sandpiper.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Peter Duymelinc]]
==Identification==
==Identification==
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The wood sandpiper is a fairly small wader with a rather attenuated 'necky' appearance. It has brown upperparts and generally white underparts. The most striking plumage feature are the bold white supercilia, which show well behind the eye. The supercilia are defined by a dark brown 'cap' and a bold broad eye-stripe. It is quite a 'leggy' bird, not unlike a redshank, though smaller. The legs are usually pale yellowish, but can appear quite dark when the bird is feeding in mud, or in dull light. The bill is about the same length as the head and straight. The head shape is almost squarish in profile, and the neck can be extended or retracted a certain amount, changing the overall appearance. The rump has a square white patch between the dark tip of the tail and the back. The plumage is not unlike the American lesser yellow legs, though the supercilia are bolder. However, the lesser yellow legs is even more 'leggy' and can remind one of a stilt.
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The Wood Sandpiper is a fairly small wader with a rather attenuated 'necky' appearance. It has brown upperparts and generally white underparts. The most striking plumage feature are the bold white supercilia, which show well behind the eye. The supercilia are defined by a dark brown 'cap' and a bold broad eye-stripe. It is quite a 'leggy' bird, not unlike a [[Common Redshank]], though smaller. The legs are usually pale yellowish, but can appear quite dark when the bird is feeding in mud, or in dull light. The bill is about the same length as the head and straight. The head shape is almost squarish in profile, and the neck can be extended or retracted a certain amount, changing the overall appearance. The rump has a square white patch between the dark tip of the tail and the back.
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[[Image:Lirot 11 5.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Akihaka|Akihaka}}<br />Salo, [[Finland]], May 2008<br />Click on photo to enlarge]]
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====Similar Species====
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The plumage is not unlike the American [[Lesser Yellowlegs]], though the [[Topography#Heads|supercilia]] are bolder. However, the Lesser Yellowlegs is even more 'leggy' and can remind one of a stilt.
==Distribution==
==Distribution==
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[[Scottish Highlands]] across [[Europe]] and [[Asia]].
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Breeds in northern [[Europe]] and northern [[Asia]]; winters in southern [[Africa]], southern [[Asia]] and [[Australia]].
==Taxonomy==
==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
==Habitat==
==Habitat==
Wetlands.
Wetlands.
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==Behaviour==
==Behaviour==
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Wood sandpiper tends to be a rather active bird, often found on the margins of quite small pools, or wading hurriedly through the shallows. It often teeters in the manner of a common sandpiper, though perhaps not quite so frequently. As it advances it pecks briefly to one side or the other, picking up tiny particles of food from the surface of the mud.
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Wood sandpiper tends to be a rather active bird, often found on the margins of quite small pools, or wading hurriedly through the shallows. It often teeters in the manner of a [[Common Sandpiper]], though perhaps not quite so frequently. As it advances it pecks briefly to one side or the other, picking up tiny particles of food from the surface of the mud.
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====Diet====
The diet includes insects, worms, spiders, shellfish and small fish.
The diet includes insects, worms, spiders, shellfish and small fish.
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====Breeding====
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4 eggs are laid and are incubated for 22-23 days by the female. The young fledge after 29-31 days.
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The 4 eggs are are incubated for 22-23 days by the female. The young fledge after 29-31 days.
''[[Media:Tringa glareola (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]''
''[[Media:Tringa glareola (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]''
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#RSPB
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#Wikipedia
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#BTO Bird Facts
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{{ref}}
==External Links==
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Tringa+glareola}}
{{GSearch|Tringa+glareola}}
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*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=35&bid=452 View more images of this species on the ABID]
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*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=1214&Bird_Image_ID=120&Bird_Family_ID=138 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
The Wood Sandpiper is a fairly small wader with a rather attenuated 'necky' appearance. It has brown upperparts and generally white underparts. The most striking plumage feature are the bold white supercilia, which show well behind the eye. The supercilia are defined by a dark brown 'cap' and a bold broad eye-stripe. It is quite a 'leggy' bird, not unlike a Common Redshank, though smaller. The legs are usually pale yellowish, but can appear quite dark when the bird is feeding in mud, or in dull light. The bill is about the same length as the head and straight. The head shape is almost squarish in profile, and the neck can be extended or retracted a certain amount, changing the overall appearance. The rump has a square white patch between the dark tip of the tail and the back.
Photo by Akihaka Salo, Finland, May 2008 Click on photo to enlarge
The plumage is not unlike the American Lesser Yellowlegs, though the supercilia are bolder. However, the Lesser Yellowlegs is even more 'leggy' and can remind one of a stilt.
Wood sandpiper tends to be a rather active bird, often found on the margins of quite small pools, or wading hurriedly through the shallows. It often teeters in the manner of a Common Sandpiper, though perhaps not quite so frequently. As it advances it pecks briefly to one side or the other, picking up tiny particles of food from the surface of the mud.
Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
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