Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes

Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes



The Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) is a medium-sized shorebird similar in appearance to the larger Greater Yellowlegs. Their breeding habitat is clearings near ponds in the boreal forest region from Alaska to Quebec. They migrate to the Gulf coast of the United States and south to South America. This species is a regular vagrant to western Europe, and the odd bird has wintered in Great Britain.

Factsheet: Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 

 

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