"Greenshank" redirects here. For the other species with this name, see Nordmann's greenshank.
Common greenshank
Summer plumage, Standlake, Oxfordshire
Winter plumage, Bahrain Song and calls, recorded in west Sutherland, Scotland
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Scolopacidae
Genus:
Tringa
Species:
T. nebularia
Binomial name
Tringa nebularia
(Gunnerus, 1767)
Range of T. nebularia
Breeding
Non-breeding
Passage
Vagrant (seasonality uncertain)
Synonyms
Scolopax glottisLinnaeus, 1758
Tringa littoreaLinnaeus, 1758
The common greenshank (Tringa nebularia) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders. 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 nebularia is from Latin nebula "mist". Like the Norwegian Skoddefoll, this refers to the greenshank's damp marshy habitat.[2]
^BirdLife International (2016). "Tringa nebularia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693220A86684205. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693220A86684205.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 266, 390. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
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