Nordmann’s greenshank

(Tringa guttifer)

Description

It is a medium-sized sandpiper,29–32 cm long,with a slightly upturned,bicoloured bill and shortish yellow legs.Breeding adults are boldly marked,with whitish spots and spangling on blackish upperside,heavily streaked head and upper neck,broad blackish crescentic spots on lower neck and breast and darker lores.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Aves
Order:Charadriiformes
Family:Scolopacidae
Genus:Tringa
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