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The solitary sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) is a small shorebird. 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. The specific solitaria is Latin for "solitary" from solus, "alone". [2]
The Common Sandpiper is usually encountered alone, occasionally in small groups, although larger flocks are sometimes formed around migration [8] or at breeding season roosts. It seldom joins multispecies flocks. [8] This species has a distinctive stiff-winged flight, low over the water. Egg Wintering bird foraging matakakoni-style in Puri
Terek sandpiper: Xenus cinereus (Güldenstädt, 1775) 53 Common sandpiper: Actitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus, 1758) 54 Spotted sandpiper: Actitis macularius (Linnaeus, 1766) 55 Green sandpiper: Tringa ochropus Linnaeus, 1758: 56 Solitary sandpiper: Tringa solitaria Wilson, A, 1813: 57 Grey-tailed tattler: Tringa brevipes (Vieillot, 1816) 58 ...
Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria; Gray-tailed tattler, Tringa brevipes (A) ... Their flight is fast and graceful like that of a swallow or a tern, ...
The least sandpiper is the smallest species of sandpiper The sandpipers exhibit considerable range in size and appearance, the wide range of body forms reflecting a wide range of ecological niches.
The green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) is a small wader (shorebird) of the Old World. The green sandpiper represents an ancient lineage of the genus Tringa; its only close living relative is the solitary sandpiper (T. solitaria). They both have brown wings with little light dots and a delicate but contrasting neck and chest pattern.
usually seen in flight Plovers: Killdeer: common in summer and fall marshes and dunes Piping plover: rare in spring and summer marshes and swamps Sandpipers: Solitary sandpiper: common in spring marshes Spotted sandpiper: common in spring and summer marshes and swamps Sanderling: common in summer beaches Semipalmated sandpiper: common in summer ...
Non-breeding birds, depicted below, do not have the spotted underparts, and are very similar to the common sandpiper of Eurasia; the main difference is the more washed-out wing pattern visible in flight and the normally light yellow legs and feet of the spotted sandpiper. The Actitis species have a distinctive stiff-winged flight low over the ...