Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes [JF Gmelin, 1789] |
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Page updated:16-January-2013 |
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family: Scolopacidae |
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BTO Codes:
LY, LESYE
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EURING No: 5510 | |
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Number in Britain:
5 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
24 cm
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Wingspan: 62 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 84 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: trungas=a waterbird mentioned by Aristotle and L.: flavus=yellow + pes=foot |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: n North America, WINTERS: s US to s South America |
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Habitat:
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Tundra, on migration wet grassland, mudflats |
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Diet:
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Aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates, esp flies and beetles |
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TitBit:
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Both male and female Yellowlegs provide parental care to the young, but the female tends to leave the breeding area before the chicks can fly leaving the male to defend the young until fledging. |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Nottinghamshire, 1854
(Palmer. P 2000. First for Britain & Ireland, Arlequin Press. [502.74 PAL])
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
252
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Most Likely to Occur in:
August to October
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Argyll
(2007),
Angus & Dundee
(2007),
Ayrshire
(1989),
Highland
(1989),
Lothian
(1999),
Moray & Nairn
(1998),
Northeast
(2006),
Outer Hebrides
(2007),
Orkney
(2007),
Shetland
(2005),
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North-east England:
Cleveland
(2003),
Durham
(2002),
Northumberland
(2003),
East Yorkshire
(2005),
North Yorkshire
(2005),
South Yorkshire
(2003),
West Yorkshire
(1988),
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North-west England:
Cheshire
(2002),
Cumbria
(1971),
Lancashire
(2007),
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English Midlands:
Derbyshire
(1998),
Leicestershire
(2004),
Northamptonshire
(1995),
Nottinghamshire
(1995),
Shropshire
(1995),
Staffordshire
(1995),
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Eastern England:
Cambridgeshire
(1998),
Essex
(2007),
Hertfordshire
(2002),
Lincolnshire
(2006),
Norfolk
(2007),
Suffolk
(2007),
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South-east England:
Berkshire
(1953),
Buckinghamshire
(1977),
Hampshire
(2005),
Isle of Wight
(1997),
Kent
(2001),
Greater London
(1984),
Oxfordshire
(1998),
Surrey
(1990),
East Sussex
(1998),
West Sussex
(1985),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(2004),
Devon
(2003),
Dorset
(2000),
Gloucestershire
(1998),
Somerset
(2006),
Wiltshire
(1992),
Isles of Scilly
(2007),
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Wales:
Anglesey
(1999),
Carmarthen
(2000),
Ceredigion
(2003),
Caernarfonshire
(1977),
Gower
(1953),
Gwent
(1981),
Pembrokeshire
(2004),
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: Melyngoes Bach |
| Danish: Lille Gulben | Dutch: Kleine geelpootruiter |
| Finnish: Keltajalkaviklo | French: Chevalier à pattes jaunes |
| German: Gelbschenkel | Hungarian: Sárgalábú cankó |
| Icelandic: Hrísastelkur | Irish: Mionladhrán Buí |
| Italian: Totano zampegialle minore | Norwegian: Gulbeinsnipe |
| Polish: Brodziec zóltonogi | Portuguese: Perna-amarela-pequeno |
| Spanish: Archibebe patigualdo chico | Swedish: Mindre gulbena |
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| Wikipedia entry | |
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| Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides | |
| All About Birds (from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology) | |
| Details from the Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter | |
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