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Greater yellowlegs
Conservation status
Greater yellowlegs
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Tringa
Species:
T. melanoleuca
Binomial name
Tringa melanoleuca
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
  Breeding
  Migration
  Nonbreeding
Synonyms

Totanus melanoleucus

The greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) is a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. It breeds in central Canada and southern Alaska and winters in southern North America, Central America, the West Indies and South America.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Tringa melanoleuca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693231A93392247. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693231A93392247.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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