Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa melanoleuca - Chevalier criard Grand Chevalier

Chevalier criard
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Scolopacidés

  • Genus
    :

    Tringa

  • Species
    :

    melanoleuca

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 33 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 70 à 74 cm.
  • Weight
    : 170 à 235 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Chevalier criard
adult plum. breeding
Chevalier criard
adult plum. breeding

Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) is a species of bird in the Scolopacidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Chevalier criard,
  • Archibebe patigualdo grande,
  • perna-amarela-grande,
  • Tüpfelgelbschenkel,
  • mocsári cankó,
  • Grote Geelpootruiter,
  • Totano zampegialle maggiore,
  • större gulbena,
  • Plystresnipe,
  • kalužiak jarabý,
  • vodouš velký,
  • Stor Gulben,
  • amerikanviklo,
  • Grootgeelpootruiter,
  • gamba groga grossa,
  • Mosastelkur,
  • brodziec piegowaty,
  • lielais dzeltenstilbis,
  • veliki rumenonogi martinec,
  • Пёстрый улит,
  • オオキアシシギ,
  • 大黄脚鹬,
  • större gulbena,
  • 大黃腳鷸,

Voice song and cries

Chevalier criard
adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Chevalier criard
adult plum. post breeding

Forest : Boreal, Temperate ; Shrubland : Boreal ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Tundra Wetlands (incl. pools and temporary waters from snowmelt), Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes ; Marine Intertidal : Mud Flats and Salt Flats, Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Water Storage Areas (over 8ha), Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

QRcode Chevalier criard
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