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Green Sandpiper
Latin Name:
Tringa ochropus
Category:
Size:
21-24cm
Description:
Medium-sized, dark, stocky sandpiper with relatively short green legs; white-spotted dark greenish brown upperparts; crown, neck and breast streaked more heavily in breeding adult; white eye-rings and lores; very dark underwing, visible in flight, with white rump, belly and vent, and dark banded tail diagnostic; usually solitary; shy, wary; easily overlooked.
Habitat:
Smaller freshwater pools, small, steep-sided ditches, streams, village tanks, flooded rice-fields with cover, marshes, away from other waders.
Food:
Crustaceans, molluscs, insects, worms.
Distribution:
Lowlands throughout the region
Call:
Call Description:
Characteristic ringing call when flushed: ti-tui; twee-twee-twee; kwikkwik- kwik in alarm.
IUCN:
National Status:
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