Greater Yellowlegs
(Tringa melanoleuca)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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Description |
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Size |
13″ to 15″ in length 28″ wingspan |
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Habitat |
Almost all wetlands |
Ecology |
Migration |
Late March to early May and late June to early November |
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Distribution |
Occurrence |
Common migrant |
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Taxonomy |
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Class |
Aves (birds) |
Order |
Charadriiformes (shorebirds and allies) |
Family |
Scolopacidae (sandpipers and allies) |
Genus |
Tringa (shanks, tattlers, and allies) |
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Green-winged Teal Dark and a... Greater Yellowlegs…I think. May 4, 2023 rural Norman Co. Mn. The little green-winged was dunking itself at times and splashing around in the water. The yellowlegs was just kind of in the same area.
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Green-winged Teal and a Greater Yellowlegs... From late May 2023. At a pond in Norman Co. Mn. |
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Maybe Greater or Lesser Yellowlegs.... … Seen them Oct. 22, 2022 at a pond in Norman Co. Mn. The larger ones were vocal making sounds at times. The two smaller ones just took a bath and dried themselves off. I didn’t hear them make any sounds. |
I think some kind of Sandpipers.... one was quite a bit larger than the other yet the smaller one followed the larger one |
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"Greater Yellowlegs" |
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The Greater Yellowlegs are pretty much named for their yellow legs. Feeds on insects, snails, small fish etc. Filmed along a pond in Norman County - Mn. They were hard to follow with a camera at times with their unpredictable movements. Background music added. |
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A Greater Yellowlegs, Cornwall |
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Uploaded on Sep 12, 2011 12/09/11, Is this a first for Cornwall? Probable greater yellowlegs today at Treraven Meadows, Wadebridge. Great view and you judge the video! |
Greater Yellowlegs |
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Published on Sep 30, 2011 Listen for the "cu-cu-cu" call. Also featured is the similar-looking Lesser Yellowlegs and the Solitary Sandpipier. |
Greater Yellowlegs (Scolopacidae: Tringa melanoleuca) Wading |
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Uploaded on Oct 23, 2009 Photographed at the Kelly's Slough NWR, North Dakota (23 October 2009). |
Greater & Lesser Yellowlegs |
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Published on Mar 13, 2013 Greater & Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) - By: Mark H. Vance - Be sure to check out all of Mark's bird videos at http://www.youtube.com/markinsrq5 Please subscribe if you like birds, many more great videos to come! Thanks Mark Vance The Celery Fields - Sarasota, Florida Facebook Page - http://www.facebook.com/groups/218447... Please join! |
Greater Yellowlegs eats biggest possible fish |
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Published on Aug 26, 2013 Have you ever wondered how big a fish a Greater Yellowlegs can swallow? Perhaps you didn't know they ate fish at all! This looks like the largest one possible :) The parts that look like a picture was taken were not added later for effect - it is a feature of the Canon SX50 that you can span a photo while taking video. For more pictures go to: |
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| Dan W. Andree late May 2023 |
Location: Norman Co. Mn. From late May 2023. At a pond in Norman Co. Mn. |
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| Dan W. Andree 5/4/2023 |
Location: rural Norman Co. Mn Green-winged Teal Dark and a...Greater Yellowlegs…I think. May 4, 2023 rural Norman Co. Mn. The little green-winged was dunking itself at times and splashing around in the water. The yellowlegs was just kind of in the same area. |
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| Mike Poeppe 4/15/2023 |
Location: about 3 miles east of Hokah, MN |
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| Dan W. Andree 10/22/2022 |
Location: Norman Co. Mn … Seen them Oct. 22, 2022 at a pond in Norman Co. Mn. The larger ones were vocal making sounds at times. The two smaller ones just took a bath and dried themselves off. I didn’t hear them make any sounds. |
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| Dan W. Andree 4/26/2021 |
Location: Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Pavia Unit I think some kind of Sandpipers.... one was quite a bit larger than the other yet the smaller one followed the larger one |
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