Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola - Chevalier sylvain
Systematics
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family:
Scolopacidés
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Genus:
Tringa
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Species:
glareola
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 23 cm
- Wingspan: 34 à 37 cm.
- Weight: 50 à 90 g
Longevity
9 years
Geographic range
Description identification
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) is a species of bird in the Scolopacidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Chevalier sylvain,
- Andarríos bastardo,
- maçarico-de-dorso-malhado,
- Bruchwasserläufer,
- réti cankó,
- Bosruiter,
- Piro piro boschereccio,
- grönbena,
- Grønnstilk,
- kalužiak močiarny,
- vodouš bahenní,
- Tinksmed,
- liro,
- Bosruiter,
- valona,
- Flóastelkur,
- łęczak,
- purva tilbīte,
- močvirski martinec,
- Фифи,
- Trinil semak,
- タカブシギ,
- 林鹬,
- นกชายเลนน้ำจืด,
- 鷹斑鷸〔林鷸〕,
Habitat
Forest : Boreal ; Shrubland : Subarctic ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Water Storage Areas (over 8ha), Wastewater Treatment Areas, Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels), Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land
Sources of information
- Limicoles, gangas et pigeons d'Europe, Paul Géroudet (mise à jour Georges Olioso)
- Shorebirds, an identification guide to the waders of the world, Peter Hayman, John Marchant Tony Prater
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Birds of the World, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- xeno-canto, Sharing bird sounds from around the world,
- IOC World Bird List (v13.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes