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Marsh Sandpiper

Tringa stagnatilis

Classification

Class
Aves

The marsh sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) is a small wader. It is a rather small shank, and breeds in open grassy steppe and taiga wetlands from easternmost Europe to the Russian Far East. The genus name Tringa is the Neo-Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 4,562Spain · 1,141France · 699Italy · 465Germany · 223United Kingdom · 109Belgium · 34Switzerland · 29