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Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa melanoleuca ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES FAMILY: SCOLOPACIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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A common, tall, long-legged shorebird of freshwater ponds and tidal marshes, the Greater Yellowlegs frequently announces its presence by its piercing alarm calls.

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Songs

  • Rapid tew calls followed by short song
    Recorded by William R. Evans
    Florida April 1989
  • Short song followed by copulation calls
    Recorded by Lewis Oring
    Alberta, Canada May 1968
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Calls

Three or four-noted, "dew-dew-dew."

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