banner

Greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)

Home Biota: what is it? Animals Plants Mammals Birds Insects NL EN

Greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)

English, Dutch and scientific names.
Species/Soort Family/Familie Order/Orde Class/Klasse Phylum/Stam Kingdom/Rijk
Greater yellowlegs Sandpipers, snipes Shorebirds, gulls, and relatives Birds Chordate Animals
Grote geelpootruiter Strandlopers en snippen Steltloperachtigen Vogels Gewervelden Dieren
Tringa melanoleuca Scolopacidae Charadriiformes Aves Chordata Animalia

Village Creek Drying Beds, Arlington

2014:05:18 16:07:09
Greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/1000 sec at F5.6, ISO 400, distance 14.96 m

The large yellow -legged rider tries to walk over the algae, with the toes as far from each other. Sometimes it works for a while, and then he drops away again.

Merritt Island NWR, Florida

2013:10:27 21:49:19
Greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
NIKON D7100 with AF Nikkor 300mm f/4 IF-ED, 1/800 sec at F10.0, ISO 400, distance 0.03 m

San Elijo Lagoon (Solana Beach, California, United States)

2016:11:12 11:01:19
Greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
NIKON D500 with AF-S Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR, 1/1000 sec at F6.3, ISO 250, distance 35.48 m

Merritt Island NWR, Florida

2013:10:27 14:32:28
Greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
NIKON D7100 with AF Nikkor 300mm f/4 IF-ED, 1/1250 sec at F5.0, ISO 500, distance 0.03 m

Links

Sandpipers, snipes

Orders with photos