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Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa melanoleuca ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES FAMILY: SCOLOPACIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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Greater Yellowlegs Photo

© William L. Newton / CLO

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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Calls

  • Calls
    Recorded by Robert C. Stein
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

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

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