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Green Sandpiper

(Tringa ochropus)
German name(s): "Waldwasserläufer"
Size: 21-24 cm; wing span 57-61 cm
Weight: 53-112 g

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Green Sandpiper at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

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]

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]

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 .

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