Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia(Gunnerus, JE, 1767)
English (US) Common Greenshank
The Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) 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 taiga wetlands from Scotland and Scandinavia eastward through temperate Russia to far eastern Russia; winters from southern Europe and Africa eastward through southern Asia to central Japan and southward to Australia and western MicronesiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tringa nebularia
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Common Greenshank
- Described by
- (Gunnerus, JE, 1767)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Scolopax nebularia
- Described by
- (Gunnerus, JE, 1767)
- Type locality
- District of Trondhjem, Norway.
- Original description
- Beskrivelse over Finmarkens Lapper, deres Tungemaal, Levemaade og forrige Afgudsdyrkelse, oplyst ved mange Kaabberstykker p.251
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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