Species
Tringa melanoleuca (Greater yellowlegs)
Tringa melanoleuca. Photo: (c) Pablo Balduvino, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) is a large North American 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 melanoleuca is from Ancient Greek melas, “black”, and leukos, “white”.
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