OTHER NAMES: N/A
Latin Etymology: Tringa (bird named by Aristotle) flavipes ("yellow foot")
Non-breeding Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) at Frampton Marshes, Lincolnshire - September 2023
Featured Subspecies: N/A
Weight: 48-114g / Length: 23-25cm / Wingspan: 59-64cm
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Least Concern
A medium sized if slender wader that spans the length of the Americas from it's breeding grounds in Alaska to it's wintering grounds spreading right down the length of South America. Despite the name association, it is not the closest relative of the Greater Yellowlegs, but nonetheless it is a species that gives a very similar impression, largely differentiated by size and structural detail.
Related Species:
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Tringa
SUBSPECIES: none - monotypic
- Sighting Locations -
UNITED KINGDOM - A rare vagrant
- Vagrant seen at Frampton Marshes in September 2023.
Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto
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