#0917 · 🐦 birds

Greater Yellowlegs

🇳🇱 Grote Geelpootruiter ·Tringa melanoleuca

NTnear threatened 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Tony Varela Photography · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Lee Jaffe · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Kent Ross · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Dendroica cerulea · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Lee Jaffe · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Dendroica cerulea · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © Janet Hill · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
8. © sea-kangaroo · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. © Adam Jackson · CC0

what is it?

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".

base stats

NL sightings 4iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 77,318iNaturalist observations
weight 170 gadult, up to
threat NTnear threatened

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).