#0838 · 🐦 birds

Lesser Yellowlegs

🇳🇱 Kleine Geelpootruiter ·Tringa flavipes

VUvulnerable 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Jonathan Irons · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Kent Ross · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jonathan Irons · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © crazybirdy · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Esteban Poveda · CC BY 4.0
6. Khok Kham, Mueang Samut Sakhon District, Samut Sakhon 74000, Thailand:© Seb Higginson · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Cantwell, AK, US:© lkvt · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Westmorland County, NB, Canada:© Kent Ross · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Brazos County, TX, USA:© Brent Cox · CC BY 4.0
10. Parqueadero Limpiopungo, Ecuador:© Esteban Poveda · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

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".

base stats

NL sightings 12iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 40,430iNaturalist observations
weight 81 gadult, up to
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).