Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia - Chevalier aboyeur

Systematics

Order
:
Charadriiformes
Family
:
Scolopacidés
Genus
:
Tringa
Species
:
nebularia

Descriptor

Gunnerus, 1767

Biometrics

Size
: 35 cm
Wingspan
: 68 à 70 cm.
Weight
: 140 à 270 g

Longevity

12 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) is a species of bird in the Scolopacidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Chevalier aboyeur,
Archibebe claro,
perna-verde-comum,
Grünschenkel,
szürke cankó,
Groenpootruiter,
Pantana,
gluttsnäppa,
Gluttsnipe,
kalužiak sivý,
vodouš šedý,
Hvidklire,
valkoviklo,
Groenpootruiter,
gamba verda,
Lyngstelkur,
kwokacz,
lielā tilbīte,
zelenonogi martinec,
Большой улит,
Trinil kaki-hijau,
アオアシシギ,
青脚鹬,
นกทะเลขาเขียวธรรมดา,
青足鷸〔青腳鷸〕,

Voice song and call

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tr

opical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Marine Neritic : Coral Reef, Outer Reef Channel, Back Slope, Foreslope (Outer Reef Slope), Lagoon, Inter-Reef Soft Substrate, Inter-Reef Rubble Substrate, Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Mud Flats and Salt Flats, Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses), Tidepools ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Freshwater Lakes ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Salt Exploitation Sites, Wastewater Treatment Areas, Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land