Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Sandpipers and Allies :: Common Greenshank

Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia

Described by: Gunnerus (1767)
Alternate common name(s): Greater Greenshank, Eurasian Greenshank, Greenshank
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Kasai Rinkan Koen, Tokyo, Japan - Oct 20, 2002 © William Hull  Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan - Aug 23, 2003 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Mar 25, 2005 © William Hull  Kasai Rinkan Koen, Tokyo, Japan - Oct 20, 2002 © William Hull  Manly, Queensland, Queensland, Australia - Dec 9, 2002 © Tom Tarrant 
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Range

N. Palearctic;
N. Scotland through Scandinavia e. through c. Russia to e. Siberia and Kamchatka s. to Lake Baikal and n. Amurland.
Winters in s. Europe and Africa through the Persian Gulf region, India, se. Asia, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, s. New Guinea and Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia) and Tasmania.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Pintails Home (Kim Hyun-Tae)
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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