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Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus [Linnaeus, 1758]
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Trends & Distribution
Breeding & Survival
Biometrics
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Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Scolopacidae
BTO Codes:
GE , GRESA
EURING No:
5530
Number in Britain:
Unavailable
Conservation Status:
UK:
AMBER
European:
Not a species of concern
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor
Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
22 cm
Wingspan:
59 cm
Weight:
M/F: 75 g
Scientific name from:
Gr.: trungas =a waterbird mentioned by Aristotle
and Gr.: okhros =pale yellow + pous =foot
World Distribution:
BREEDS: n Eurasia, WINTERS: s Europe, s Asia, Africa & Australia
Habitat:
Pools & marsh, on migration wet grass & mudflats
Diet:
Invertebrates, mostly from near surface, rarely probes
TitBit:
A bird of boreal forest, the brown or purple spotted eggs are frequently laid in old crow nests, or abandoned squirrel dreys
Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
No population trend available
Distribution:
New Atlas )
British Population Size:
Passage:
. individuals
Summer:
1 to 2 pairs
in 1998-02
First Record:
1676
First Breeding Record:
Inverness-shire 1959
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
No habitat data from BBS
European Population Size:
Summer:
130 to 200 thousand pairs
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WCA(I), Bern(III), Bonn(II), AEWA
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
39 x 28 mm
Egg Weight:
15.5 g (of which 5 % is shell)
Number of Nest Records:
0
Clutch Size:
4 eggs
Incubation:
20 - 23 days
by the:
Female (occ. Male)
Fledging:
27 - 29 days
as:
Precocial, downy
First Clutches Laid:
Unavailable
Number of Broods:
1
Number Ringed:
29
Adult Survival:
No data
Juvenile Survival:
No data
Age at First Breeding:
2
years
Typical Lifespan:
No data
Maximum Recorded Age:
11yr2m
Biometrics
Ring Size:
C2o or B+
Wing Length
Adult:
143.6 ± 4.7
Range
135 - 152 mm, N =77
Juvenile:
144.0 ± 5.0
135 - 152 mm, N =95
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Weight
Adult:
85.51 ± 12.06
Range
70.00 - 110.0 g , N =59
Juvenile:
81.67 ± 12.69
65.00 - 110.0 g , N =70
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
Other Names
Gaelic:
Luatharan-uaine
Welsh:
Pibydd Gwyrdd
Danish:
Svaleklire
Dutch:
Witgatje
Finnish:
Metsäviklo
French:
Chevalier culblanc
German:
Waldwasserläufer
Hungarian:
Erdei cankó
Icelandic:
Trjástelkur
Irish:
Gobadán Glas
Italian:
Piro piro culbianco
Norwegian:
Skogsnipe
Polish:
Samotnik
Portuguese:
Pássaro-bique-bique
Spanish:
Andarríos grande
Swedish:
Skogssnäppa
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
Nethersole-Thompson, D. & M. 1986 Waders, their breeding, haunts and watchers Poyser, London
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