#0817 · 🐦 birds

Marsh Sandpiper

🇳🇱 Poelruiter ·Tringa stagnatilis

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The marsh sandpiper ( Tringa stagnatilis ) is a small wader. It is a rather small shank, and breeds in open grassy steppe and taiga wetlands from easternmost Europe to the Russian Far East. 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 stagnatilis is from Latin stagnum , "swamp".

base stats

NL sightings 19iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,944iNaturalist observations
weight 76 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).