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Green Sandpiper

(Tringa ochropus)
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

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Sightings

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Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

NON-BREEDING

Near-frontal view of a Green Sandpiper in non-breeding plumage
[Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, November 2009]

Lateral view of a Green Sandpiper in non-breeding plumage
[Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, September 2009]

Green Sandpiper seen in different light conditions
[Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, December 2009]

Green Sandpiper on the hunt

Green Sandpiper stalking prey in shallow water
[Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, November 2009]

This Green Sandpiper is having its rest on-shore
[Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, September 2009]

This Green Sandpiper prefers to sit on a stone surrounded by water
[Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, December 2009]

Comparison between a Green Sandpiper, left, and a Common Sandpiper
[Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, November 2009]

Comparison between a Green Sandpiper, right, and a preening Common Greenshank in non-breeding plumage
[Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, September 2009]

Comparison between a Green Sandpiper, front, and a Laughing Dove
[Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, November 2009]

Food, Diet

Like other members of the Tringa, Xenus and Actitis families we have seen Green Sandpipers hunt insects, other small animals and also small fish along the edges of shallow water. Green Sandpipers were seen by us around fresh water.

Green Sandpiper trying to swallow a fish, but it is a tight fit
[Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, November 2009]

Here one can see the size of the Green Sandpiper's catch
[Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, November 2009]

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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