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| Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes [JF Gmelin, 1789] | |
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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
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Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
223
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Summary of Records by Year
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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
(2003),
Angus & Dundee
(1999),
Ayrshire
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Highland
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Lothian
(1996),
Moray & Nairn
(1998),
Northeast
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Outer Hebrides
(2002),
Orkney
(2003),
Shetland
(1999),
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North-east England:
Cleveland
(2003),
Durham
(2002),
Northumberland
(2003),
East Yorkshire
(2001),
North Yorkshire
(2000),
South Yorkshire
(2003),
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North-west England:
Cheshire
(2002),
Cumbria
(1971),
Lancashire
(2002),
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English Midlands:
Derbyshire
(1998),
Leicestershire
(2004),
Northamptonshire
(1995),
Nottinghamshire
(1995),
Shropshire
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Staffordshire
(1995),
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Eastern England:
Cambridgeshire
(1998),
Essex
(2002),
Hertfordshire
(2002),
Lincolnshire
(2002),
Norfolk
(2004),
Suffolk
(2001),
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South-east England:
Berkshire
(1953),
Buckinghamshire
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Hampshire
(1999),
Isle of Wight
(1997),
Kent
(2001),
Greater London
(1999),
Oxfordshire
(1998),
Surrey
(1990),
East Sussex
(1998),
West Sussex
(1988),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(2004),
Devon
(2003),
Dorset
(2000),
Gloucestershire
(1998),
Somerset
(1996),
Wiltshire
(1992),
Isles of Scilly
(2004),
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Wales:
Anglesey
(1999),
Carmarthen
(2001),
Ceredigion
(2003),
Gwynedd
(1975),
Gwent
(1981),
Pembrokeshire
(2004),
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| Other Names | |
| Gaelic: | Welsh: Melyngoes Bach |
| Danish: Gulbenet klire | 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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| For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| No books written recently |
| See Also: |
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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Wikipedia entry
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides.com
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