Species
Tringa solitaria (Solitary sandpiper)
Tringa solitaria. Photo: (c) kerry_ross, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The solitary sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) is a small shorebird. 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. The specific solitaria is Latin for “solitary” from solus, “alone”.
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