#0984 · 🐦 birds

Solitary Sandpiper

🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Bosruiter ·Tringa solitaria

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Robin Gwen Agarwal · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © John D Reynolds · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Tony Morris · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © John D Reynolds · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © barloventomagico · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Len Blumin · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge, VT, USA:© cgbb2004 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Vestal, NY, US:© alexzur12 · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. East Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada:© Pete Lypkie · CC BY 4.0
10. Itu, SP, BR:© Erick Henrique · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

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".

base stats

NL sightings 1iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 35,105iNaturalist observations
weight 52.1 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

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).