ML201704691 IBC 1248068
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Wood Sandpiper. The wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) is a small wader. This Eurasian species is the smallest of the shanks, which are mid-sized long-legged waders of the family Scolopacidae. The genus name Tringa is the New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specificglareola is from Latin glarea he wood sandpiper breeds in subarctic wetlands from the Scottish Highlands across Europe and Asia. They migrate to Africa, Southern Asia, particularly India, and Australia. Vagrant birds have been seen as far into the Pacific as the Hawaiian Islands. In Micronesia it is a regular visitor to theMariana Islands (where flocks of up to 32 birds are reported) and Palau; it is recorded on Kwajaleinin the Marshall Islands about once per decade. This species is encountered in the western Pacific region between mid-October and mid-May.A slight westward expansion saw the establishment of a small but permanent breeding population in Scotland since the 1950s. This bird is usually found on freshwater during migration and wintering. They forage by probing in shallow water or on wet mud, and mainly eat insects and similar small prey. T. glareola nests on the ground or uses an abandoned old tree nest of another bird, such as the fieldfare (Turdus pilaris).Four pale green eggs are laid between March and May. The wood sandpiper is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies. Elevation: 1 m. Date added to IBC: July 11, 2016.
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