Genus
Tringa (Shanks, tattlers, and allies)
Tringa melanoleuca. Photo: (c) Pablo Balduvino, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Tringa is a genus of waders, containing the shanks and tattlers. The genus name Tringa is the New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle.
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