Archive for the ‘Scolopacidae’ Category

• Common redshank

  Sep 2 | Redshanks | Little Stint | 759 Views | with No Comments

  The Common redshank – Tringa totanus is a noisy medium sized migratory Palearctic wader of the family Scolopacidae, more often heard before it is seen. It is a summer breeder to wetlands across Temperate Eurasia and in...

• Wood sandpiper

  Sep 2 | Sandpipers | Little Stint | 734 Views | with No Comments

  The Wood sandpiper – Tringa glareola is a small migratory Palearctic wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is a very extensive summer breeder to the subarctic wetlands of Eurasia, and in the winter migrates S to Africa, the...

• Marsh sandpiper

  Sep 2 | Sandpipers | Little Stint | 731 Views | with No Comments

  The Marsh sandpiper – Tringa stagnatilis is a small Palearctic migratory wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is a summer breeder to the wetlands of the Steppe and Taiga Regions of Eurasia. In winter it migrates to the...

• Lesser yellowlegs

  Sep 1 | Yellowlegs | Little Stint | 750 Views | with No Comments

  The Lesser yellowlegs – Tringa flavipes is a medium sized Nearctic migratory wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is a summer breeder to the Boreal Forest Region of N America and in winter migrates S to Central and S...

• Common greenshank

  Sep 1 | Greenshanks | Little Stint | 710 Views | with No Comments

  The Common greenshank – Tringa nebularia is large sized Palearctic migratory wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is a summer breeder to the subarctic regions of Eurasia, and winters in the Tropics of the Old World...

• Spotted redshank

  Aug 31 | Redshanks | Little Stint | 711 Views | with No Comments

  The Spotted redshank – Tringa erythropus is a large Palearctic migratory wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is a summer breeder to the N Eurasian Region, and migrates S to winter in the Tropics of the Old World. In the...

• Green sandpiper

  Aug 31 | Sandpipers | Little Stint | 720 Views | with No Comments

  The Green sandpiper – Tringa ochropus is a small Palearctic migratory wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is an extensive summer breeder across Northern Eurasia, and migrates widely to winter in the Tropics of the Old...

• Common sandpiper

  Aug 31 | Sandpipers | Little Stint | 699 Views | with No Comments

  The Common sandpiper – Actitis hypoleucos is a small Palearctic migratory wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is an extensive summer breeder across Eurasia and winters widely in Africa, SW, S, and SE Asia and further into...

• Red phalarope

  Aug 30 | Phalaropes | Little Stint | 698 Views | with No Comments

  The Red phalarope – Phalaropus fulicarius is known as the Grey phalarope in Europe is a small migratory Holarctic wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is a summer breeder to the High Arctic and is very unusual in migrating...

• Red-necked phalarope

  Aug 30 | Phalaropes | Little Stint | 698 Views | with No Comments

  The Red-necked phalarope – Phalaropus lobatus is a small migratory Holarctic wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is a summer breeder all around the Arctic and is very unusual as a wader for it migrates to winter offshore...