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Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Scientific name definitions

Jan van Gils, Popko Wiersma, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 1, 2016

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Introduction

This account summarizes the life history of the Wood Sandpiper, including information relating to its identification, systematics, distribution, habitat, diet, vocalizations, breeding ecology, and conservation status.

Subspecies

Monotypic.
Distribution of the Wood Sandpiper - Range Map
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  • Year-round
  • Migration
  • Breeding
  • Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Wood Sandpiper

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Recommended Citation

van Gils, J., P. Wiersma, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.woosan.01
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