Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies
Tringa
Tringa is a genus of waders, containing the shanks and tattlers. The genus name Tringa is the New 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.
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 13 known species
Willet
speciesTringa semipalmata
Greater Yellowlegs
speciesTringa melanoleuca
Common Redshank
speciesTringa totanus
Wood Sandpiper
speciesTringa glareola
Lesser Yellowlegs
speciesTringa flavipes
Common Greenshank
speciesTringa nebularia
Solitary Sandpiper
speciesTringa solitaria
Green Sandpiper
speciesTringa ochropus
Marsh Sandpiper
speciesTringa stagnatilis
Spotted Redshank
speciesTringa erythropus
Grey-tailed Tattler
speciesTringa brevipes
Wandering Tattler
speciesTringa incana
Nordmann's Greenshank
speciesTringa guttifer
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 3874.