Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes
Similar to Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) but smaller. Long, slender neck, long wings and long legs. Straight fine and dark bill and legs always bright yellow. Distinguished in flight by square white rump patch.
Distinguished from Greater Yellowlegs which is larger and has a slightly longer bill which is heavier and slightly upturned
Frequents the short grass areas of marshes, muddy freshwater pools or marshy perimeters of lakes.
Mainly late summer and autumn.
Nests on the ground in open, dry locations in central Alaska and Canada. Winters in the West Indies and South America.
A regular vagrant with about ten records a year.
Rare vagrant in Leicestershire and Rutland where there are few records.
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Species profile
- Common names
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Species group:
- Birds
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Charadriiformes
- Family:
- Scolopacidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 25/09/2004 (Chris Lythall)
- Last record:
- 26/11/2010 (Jones, Dick)
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