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WOOD SANDPIPER

Tringa glareola

Photo by Dhilip
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Field Notes

Description:

The wood sandpiper is a small wader. This Eurasian species is the smallest of the shanks, which are mid-sized long-legged waders of the family Scolopacidae.

Habitat:

The wood sandpiper breeds in subarctic wetlands from the Scottish Highlands across Europe and Asia. They migrate to Africa, Southern Asia, particularly Sri Lanka, India and Australia.

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PublishedJanuary 22, 2017

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