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Greater yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca

melanoleuca

Size: 14 inches
Overall Color: brown/gray and white
Occurrence: near water
Diet: fish, insects, worms, snails, berries
Nest: dish on ground
Field Identification: long yellow or orange legs, very long often slightly upturned black bill, dark wings, light underneath
Season: spring/fall migrant


Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: 31 Scolopacidae (sandpipers, peeps,phalaropes,curlews)
Genus: Tringa
Species: melanoleuca

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