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Greater Yellowlegs
Playero Guineílla Mayor
Tringa melanoleuca
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.
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Sound recorded by Greg Irving · XC1073576 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.
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About the Greater Yellowlegs
This atlas includes Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) with atlas status “Native / natural occurrence” within scope “Avibase inferred core 380.” Global trait data associate it primarily with wetland; consult the linked records to resolve its Puerto Rico habitat use.
Conservation
Near Threatened
IUCN NT
- Global IUCN
- NT
- Puerto Rico DNER
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Federal ESA
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Critical habitat
- Not identified in source crosswalk
Natural history
How it lives
- Habitat
- wetlands
- Elevation
- 0–4100 m
- Nest
- Ground
- Clutch
- 4–4 eggs
- Social behavior
- Not resolved
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