Common greenshank
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"Greenshank" redirects here. For the other species with this name, see Nordmann's greenshank.
The common greenshank (Tringa nebularia) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders. The genus name Tringa is the Neo-Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific nebularia is from Latin nebula "mist". Like the Norwegian Skoddefoll, this refers to the greenshank's damp marshy habitat.[2]
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Common greenshank | |
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Summer plumage, Standlake, Oxfordshire | |
Winter plumage, Bahrain | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Scolopacidae |
Genus: | Tringa |
Species: | T. nebularia |
Binomial name | |
Tringa nebularia (Gunnerus, 1767) | |
Range of T. nebularia Breeding Non-breeding Passage Vagrant (seasonality uncertain) | |
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