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Green Sandpiper![]() Size: 21-24 cm; wing span 57-61 cm Weight: 53-112 g |
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Photos |
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ADULT |
Sex unknown |
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BREEDING |
Frontal view of a Green Sandpiper in breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, March 2019]
Near-frontal view of a Green Sandpiper in breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sorraia River, Coruche, Santarem, Portugal, July 2018]
Near-lateral view of a Green Sandpiper moulting into breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, January 2019]
Lateral view of a Green Sandpiper moulting out of breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Tejo estuary, Portugal, July 2019]
Near-dorsal view of a Green Sandpiper in breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sorraia River, Coruche, Santarem, Portugal, February 2020]
Small group of Green Sandpipers in breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sorraia River, Coruche, Santarem, Portugal, July 2018]
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NON-BREEDING |
Lateral view of a Green Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, November 2018]
Lateral view of a Green Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Tejo estuary, Portugal, March 2016]
Lateral view of a Green Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage
stretching its wings, given a clear view of its underwings
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, September 2018]
Lateral view of a Green Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Vila Franca de Xira, Tejo estuary, Portugal, January 2020]
Lateral view of a Green Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Raia river, Mora, Evora, Portugal, January 2020]
Near-dorsal view of a Green Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, December 2019]
Dorsal view of a resting Green Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, November 2018]
Dorsal view of a resting Green Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, December 2017]
Lateral view of a Green Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage
in flight; note the broad bars on the tail
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sorraia River, Coruche, Santarem, Portugal, December 2017]
Lateral views of a Green Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage
(photos courtesy of J. Pires)
[Montargil Dam, near Mora, Evora, Portugal, October 2020]
Near-dorsal view of a Green Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage
in flight; note the broad black bars on the tail
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, October 2019]
Dorsal view of a Green Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage
banking to land - note the absence of wing bars and the
white uppertail with broad black terminal bars
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Raia river, Mora, Evora, Portugal, January 2020]
Comparison between a Green Sandpiper, right, and a
Common Sandpiper,
both in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, September 2018]
Northern Lapwings
in non-breeding plumage,
together with several species of very similar waders:
Green Sandpiper, front left,
Wood Sandpiper,
near the centre, and all others are
Common Sandpipers
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Near Malkinia, Masovia, Poland, July 2019]
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Call(s)/Song |
For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The
interpretation of their meaning is our own;
comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.
grnspip_dw_20200807.m4a | (Poland) | Contact call(?) | © DW | |
grnspip_dw_20200807_2.m4a | (Poland) | Contact calls(?) | © DW | |
grnspip_dw_20200807_4.m4a | (Poland) | Various | © DW | |
grnspip_dw_20200726.m4a | (Poland) | (In-flight) (+ yapping dog) | © DW |
More Green Sandpiper sound recordings are available at
xeno-canto.org
.