Family: Scolopacidae

Tringa flavipes;
Lesser Yellowlegs;
Maçarico-de-perna-amarela.

In comparison with Tringa melanoleuca, the bill of Tringa flavipes is proportionately shorter, and straight, not upturned.

See Mata et al. 2006, Hilty and Brown 1986.


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Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
13/01/2006; Fazenda Canaã, Pentecoste, Ceará, Brazil. 200 mm f2.8 lens.


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