Species
Tringa flavipes (Lesser yellowlegs)
Tringa flavipes. Photo: (c) Cedrik von Briel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) is a medium-sized 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 flavipes is from Latin flavus, “yellow”, and pes, “foot”.
Sightings
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