Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Lesser Yellowlegs
The Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds subarctic tundra to forest from Alaska mainland eastward to James Bay and probably central Quebec (east-central Canada); winters southern USA throughout Caribbean southward to Tierra del FuegoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tringa flavipes
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Scolopax flavipes
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- New York.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.659
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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