Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Sandpipers and Allies :: Nordmann's Greenshank

Nordmann's Greenshank Tringa guttifer

Described by: Nordmann (1835)
Alternate common name(s): Spotted Greenshank
Old scientific name(s): Pseudotatanus guttifer

Photographs

Khokkarm Salt Pans, Thailand - Mar 19, 2005 © Chaiyan Kasorndorkbua  Mai Po Marshes, Hong Kong - Mar 18, 2010 © Neil Fifer  Shiokawa, Aichi, Japan - Aug, 2002 © Tom Stephenson 
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Range

E. Siberia and adjacent Is.;
Restricted breeding range;
Fragmented distribution in winter range;
Nw. coast of Sea of Okhotsk and Sahkalin Is. Possibly also along the coast of the n. Sea of Okhotsk and Kamchatka. Migrates through South Korea (Saemangeum wetlands and Youngjong-do Is.) and Taiwan.
Winters in in ne. India, Bangladesh, Burma, Hainan Is., e. China (Hong Kong in the ai Po marshes) and s. in the Malay Peninsula. May occur regularly in South Korea, Philippines and perhaps e. Sumatra.

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Sounds

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References

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

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