Sandpiper Like

Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa melanoleuca
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Length: 14 in. (36 cm )
This stately shorebird passes the winter in small flocks foraging in shallow fresh, brackish or salt water mudflats. They pick small fish, insects, snails worms and other small animals from the water or surface of the mud. They winter as far south as southern Argentina. On their breeding grounds along coniferous forest ponds, their nests are depression in the moss usually protected by a log or low tree bough.

The four-digit banding code is GRYE.



Marsh / swamp

Mudflat
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Bird Sound Type: Buzzing
Sex of Bird: Male
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  • Article: Greater Yellowlegs
  • Author(s): Dr. Biology
  • Publisher: Arizona State University School of Life Sciences Ask A Biologist
  • Site name: ASU - Ask A Biologist
  • Date published: July 13, 2017
  • Date accessed: January 12, 2025
  • Link: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/greater-yellowlegs

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Dr. Biology. (2017, July 13). Greater Yellowlegs. ASU - Ask A Biologist. Retrieved January 12, 2025 from https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/greater-yellowlegs

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Dr. Biology. "Greater Yellowlegs". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 13 July, 2017. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/greater-yellowlegs

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MLA 2017 Style

Dr. Biology. "Greater Yellowlegs". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 13 Jul 2017. ASU - Ask A Biologist, Web. 12 Jan 2025. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/greater-yellowlegs

Modern Language Association, 7th Ed. For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/
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