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Is this a Greater or Lesser Yellow legs?
Both have long yellow-to-orange legs. When seen together they are distinguishable by size, the Lesser is noticeable smaller ( about the size of a Killdeer and the Greater about twice as big) When not seen together it is more difficult to tell.
When they are alone they can be separated by bill size. The Greater,s bill is about 1-1/2 times the length of its head and sometimes (not always) slightly upturned while the Lesser’s bill is about equal to the length of its head and is straight. In summer, the Greater’s head and neck are heavily streaked with black and sides heavily barred with black while the Lesser’s head and neck is finely streaked with black and the side lightly barred with black.
-Tringa flavipes or Tringa melanoleuca
Tropical Paradise Scene
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Short-billed Dowitchers ( Limnodromus griseus)
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Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
(Gmelin, 1789)
Scolopacidae (FamÃlia)
Charadriiformes (Ordem)
Free Bird
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Parque Nacional de Jericoacoara
Jijoca de Jericoaoara
Ceará, Brasil
A low-key rendering of two Greater Flamingos from the collection kept at Pensthorpe Natural Park near Fakenham, Norfolk.
Feeding behaviour - Typically forages in shallow water. Often feeds very actively, sometimes running after minnows. May forage by walking forward while swinging its head back and forth with the tip of the bill in the water.
AHP East, Ottawa.
A Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) feeding in a shallow wetland in the agricultural landscape east of Tofield, Alberta, Canada.
26 September, 2022.
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I have posted two members of the Cuculidae family tonight, this roady and a Black-billed Cuckoo, posted to the right. The Cuckoo family also includes the European cuckoo, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals and anis.
My two posts are quite different in appearance but both have long tails and sturdy curved bills. The wings also look somewhat similar in certain poses. Behaviorally, both could be described as "quirky" and "entertaining."
Borrego Springs, California
Technically, I guess they're hatched to run. Regardless, the greater roadrunner is aptly named. They can run at quite a pace. We've seen them in the deep desert or suburban parks like this one. Their tails and crest seem to be quite dynamic - always raising and lowering. Cool birds.
Denis Island, Seychelles
Both the chick and the Ghost Crab are hoping the adult is about to regurgitate a meal.
There were at least 80 Greater Yellowlegs the evening before I took this photo. The next morning I only saw 10 or 12. The morning tide was higher than the previous evening which likely explains the difference. Photographed at Skagit Wildlife Area, Headquarters Unit (Wylie Slough), Skagit County, Washington. IMG_4754
Wikipedia: The greater coucal or crow pheasant (Centropus sinensis), is a large non-parasitic member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. A widespread resident in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, it is divided into several subspecies, some being treated as full species. They are large, crow-like with a long tail and coppery brown wings and found in a wide range of habitats from jungle to cultivation and urban gardens. They are weak fliers, and are often seen clambering about in vegetation or walking on the ground as they forage for insects, eggs and nestlings of other birds. They have a familiar deep resonant call which is associated with omens in many parts of its range.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_coucal
Conservation status: Least Concern