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Tringa ochropus
Photo by Northcape
Photographed: Southern Norway

Identification

Upper parts a dark grey brown with white speckles, underparts brilliant white, streaked breast, barred tail. Greenish legs. Smaller than Redshank, larger than Dunlin

Distribution

Generally a summer visitor to the UK, wintering in Southern Europe and Africa

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Tringa
Species: T. ochropus

Habitat

Most often found on edge of pools, shores of reservoirs etc

Behaviour

Picks insects up from water Nests in trees reusing nests of birds like thrush.

Bird Song

<flashmp3>Tringa ochropus (song).mp3</flashmp3>
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External Links

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