Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
The Greater Yellowlegs breeds in northern USA and Canada but migrates during the northern winter to southern USA, Central America, the West Indies and South America.
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Greater yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Identification Tips:
Length: 11 inches
Medium-sized long-legged shorebird
Long, thin bill is slightly upturned
Dark bill often has a slightly paler base
Bill length is approximately 1.
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Reflections always seem to make shorebird photos more pleasing; in the still water the reflection is almost as sharp as the bird itself.
Greater Yellowlegs pairs appear to bond shortly after arriving in the boreal wetlands; they defend widely spaced territories from other shorebirds with flight displays, calls, and aggressive chasing.
Greater Yellowlegs Behaviour
No observations regarding Greater Yellowlegs behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Greater Yellowlegs ...
Diet The greater yellowlegs wades through the shallow water with its long legs, sweeps its head back and forth and skims up small fish and aquatic animals in its turned up bill. It will also run after fish and stab them with its long, pointed bill.
Greater Yellowlegs
(Tringa melanoleuca)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2010
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
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Family Scolopacidae
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca (Gmelin) ...
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca. Common in winter, spring, and fall, rare in early summer, and uncommon in late summer in Gulf Coast region. In Tennessee Valley, fairly common in winter and spring, common in fall, and uncommon in summer.
Greater Yellowlegs
Winter Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Lesser Yellowlegs
Winter Sighting Information: occasional
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
Greater Yellowlegs
Red-necked Phalarope
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae ...
As you can see, the Greater Yellowlegs, as big as a Willet, is considerably larger than the Lesser, who is more Dowitcher-sized.
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY 16 Apr
Willet Tringa semipalmata: Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve, Newport Beach, CA, 01 Jan ...
Heard one of them calling - sounded like a Greater Yellowlegs with a bad cold). Northern Fulmar - 2 (light phase- this is the third year in a row that I've seen this species on this trip in the Atlantis.
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) ...
....Similar Species: Greater Yellowlegs
ESSAYS:
Shorebird Feeding; Shorebird Migration and Conservation; Spacing of Wintering Shorebirds; Temperature Regulation and Behavior.
TELL-TALE GODWIT.--TELL-TALE TATLER.
[Greater Yellowlegs.]
TOTANUS VOCIFERUS, Wils.
[Tringa melanoleuca.] ...
Lesser Yellowlegs inhabit shallow coastal and inland wetlands. They often flock with Greater Yellowlegs.
name area season diet/native food plants
Short-billed Dowitcher
NCS ...
Greater Yellowlegs
Green Heron
Killdeer
Lesser Yellowlegs
Lewis's Woodpecker
Long-eared Owl [en español]
Mallard [en español]
Northern Flicker [en español]
Northern Pintail [en español] ...
 See also: Yellowlegs, Sandpiper, Snipe, Stilt, Willet
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