Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region

-Waders

Dowitchers

CHARADRIIFORMES

Scolopacidae

Tringa melanoleuca
Muskeg, tundra; marshes, ponds, mudflats, etc. in migration.
From s Alaska, sw Mackenzie and sc British Columbia e across c Canada to c,s Labrador, Newfoundland, ne Nova Scotia and Anticosti I. in se Quebec.
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melanoleuca Gr. melas (nero, scuro) + leukos (bianco)
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Tringa flavipes
Tundra, muskeg; in migration marshes, ponds, lakes, etc.
From w,c Alaska, c Yukon, nw,ec Mackenzie, s Keewatin, n Manitoba, n Ontario and wc Quebec s to ec British Columbia, c Alberta, c Saskatchewan and se Manitoba.
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Tringa solitaria
Taiga, nests in trees. In migration on ponds, streams, mudflats, etc.
From c,sc Alaska, n Yukon, nw,c British Columbia, w,s Mackenzie, n,c Alberta and n,c Saskatchewan e across c Canada to c,s Labrador and s
to s Manitoba and n Minnesota.
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Tringa melanoleuca

Greater Yellowlegs

Vagrant

w.Europe

* no map

Tringa flavipes

Lesser Yellowlegs

Vagrant

Europe, Azores, Canary Is

* no map

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Tringa solitaria

Solitary Sandpiper

Vagrant

w.Europe

* no map

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Tringa ochropus
Brooks, pools, marshes, swamps; wet fields, mudflats in migration.
From n Scandinavia e across nw,c Russia s to c Ukraine and c Siberia to Kolyma River, s to n Europe, Kirghiz steppes, s Siberia in the Altai and e to Amurland, nw China, Mongolia and n Manchura along the Amur River.
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- ochropus Gr.okhros (olivastro) + pous (zampa, piede)
= dalle zampe olivastre
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Tringa glareola
Pond edges in taiga; lakes, streams, meadows, bogs, etc. in migration. From British Isles and Scandinavia e across n Russia and n Siberia to Chukotski Peninsula and s to Denmark, Germany, c Russia, extreme e Turkestan, n Mongolia, n Manchuria, Kamchatka and Kuril and Commander islands; sw Alaska in the w,c Aleutian Is. on Amchitka, Attu and probably Adak.
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glareola, glarea (Linnaeus) ghiaia
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[ Tringa ]
Xenus cinerea
* no cinereus
River meadows, marshes, stream banks, ponds, lakes; mudflats, bays, etc. in migration.
From Finland e through n Russia and n Siberia to Anadyrland, s to c Russia and Lake Baikal. --- Placed in the genus Xenus by Cramp, et al. (1983. Vol. 3, p. 587) and accepted by the East African and South African List Committees (D. A. Turner, pers. comm.).
The genus Tringa has been enlarged in other recent publications to include Actitis and Heteroscelus.
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