Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Sandpipers and Allies :: Green Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): Tringa ocrophus

Photographs

Lapeyrouse, Ain, Rhone-Alpes, France - Aug 12, 2001 © Pascal Dubois  Guérande, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de La Loire, France - Jul 13, 2001 © Alain Fossé  Guérande, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de La Loire, France - Sep 16, 2001 © Alain Fossé  Ile dOuessant, Finistère, Bretagne, France - Aug 28, 2005 © Aurélien Audevard  Ile dOuessant, Finistère, Bretagne, France - Aug 28, 2005 © Aurélien Audevard 
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Range

Nc. Palearctic;
N. Scandinavia through e. Europe (nw. and c. Russia s. to c. Ukraine) and c. Asia to c. Siberia to Kolyma River s. to n. Europe, s. Siberia (Altai) and e. to Mongolia, and n. Manchura along the Amur River in Amurland. Isolated population in Kyrgyzstan in the Kirghiz steppes and w. China (nw. Xinjiang).
Winters s. to s. Africa, s. Asia, Taiwan and the Philippines.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Hong Kong Birdwatching Society
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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