Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Sandpiper Like
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.
Male |
Male |
Marsh / swamp
Mudflat
Bibliographic details:
- 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: 13 Jul, 2017
- Date accessed:
- Link: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/greater-yellowlegs
APA Style
Dr. Biology. (Thu, 07/13/2017 - 15:36). Greater Yellowlegs. ASU - Ask A Biologist. Retrieved from https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/greater-yellowlegs
Chicago Manual of Style
Dr. Biology. "Greater Yellowlegs". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 13 Jul 2017. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/greater-yellowlegs
MLA 2017 Style
Dr. Biology. "Greater Yellowlegs". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 13 Jul 2017. ASU - Ask A Biologist, Web. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/greater-yellowlegs
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