The grey-tailed tattler (Tringa brevipes, formerly Heteroscelus brevipes), also known as the Siberian tattler or Polynesian tattler, is a small shorebird...

leg scales that differentiate the tattlers from their close relatives, the shanks. The species are: Grey-tailed tattler, Tringa brevipes (formerly Heteroscelus...

The bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) is a large and strongly migratory wader in the family Scolopacidae, which feeds on bristle-worms and shellfish...

similar bar-tailed godwit. The world population is estimated to be 634,000 to 805,000 birds and is classified as Near Threatened. The black-tailed godwit is...

behaviour of the sharp-tailed sandpiper, but generally its behaviour and structure are most similar to the pectoral sandpiper. Sharp-tailed sandpipers breed...

sandpiper (A. hypoleucos) Spotted sandpiper (A. macularia) Tringa Grey-tailed tattler (T. brevipes) Spotted redshank (T. erythropus) Lesser yellowlegs...

Grey-striped spurfowl Grey-tailed mountaingem Grey-tailed piha Grey-tailed tattler Grey-throated babbler Grey-throated barbet Grey-throated chat Grey-throated...

bird is similar to the longer-billed and longer-tailed common snipe. Adults have short greenish-grey legs and a long straight dark bill. The body is mottled...

their lifecycles. These include relatively common animals such as white-tailed deer, snowshoe hare, moose, bobcat, wild turkey, and ruffed grouse, and...

underneath in breeding plumage. The tail has a black and white barred pattern. The winter plumage is largely grey. Their breeding habitat is grassy wetlands...

species breed in the Aleutian Islands. It is also very similar to the pin-tailed snipe (G. stenura) and Swinhoe's snipe (G. megala) of eastern Asia; identification...

The red phalarope or grey phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia...

mostly during the migration period. The large size, white wing bar and grey rump and tail make it easy to identify in flight. When feeding the short dark green...

bar-tailed godwit made a flight of 29,000 km (18,000 mi), flying 11,680 kilometres (7,260 mi) of it without stopping. In 2020 a male bar-tailed godwit...

Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria Grey-tailed tattler, Tringa brevipes – formerly Heteroscelus brevipes Wandering tattler, Tringa incana – formerly Heteroscelus...

from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific ruficollis is from Latin rufus, "red"...

they probe for food. They generally have dull plumage, with cryptic brown, grey, or streaked patterns, although some display brighter colours during the...

Ruff, Calidris pugnax Broad-billed sandpiper, Calidris falcinellus Sharp-tailed sandpiper, Calidris acuminata Stilt sandpiper, Calidris himantopus Curlew...

is similar in appearance to the closely related gray-tailed tattler, T. brevipes. The tattlers are unique among the species of Tringa for having unpatterned...

a kink rather than a smooth curve. Flying curlews may also resemble bar-tailed godwits (Limosa lapponica) in their winter plumages; however, the latter...

Non-breeding adults lack the reddish colouration, but have pale brownish-grey upperparts with whitish fringing to the wing-coverts. The underparts are...

notos, "backed ". This bird looks similar to the widely sympatric sharp-tailed sandpiper ("C." acuminata), which is not a member of the stint clade however...

(Egretta eulophotes) The grey-tailed tattler (Heteroscelus brevipes) The great knot (Calidris tenuirostris) The bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica)...

subspecies are recognised. Among the Scolopacidae, Xenus is part of the shank-tattler-phalarope clade and less closely related to the calidrid sandpipers. Based...

the bird moults to a black to dark grey with white spots. During breeding plumage the legs also turn a dark grey. See image alongside. The spotted redshank...

sandpiper (A. hypoleucos) Spotted sandpiper (A. macularia) Tringa Grey-tailed tattler (T. brevipes) Spotted redshank (T. erythropus) Lesser yellowlegs...

sandpiper (A. hypoleucos) Spotted sandpiper (A. macularia) Tringa Grey-tailed tattler (T. brevipes) Spotted redshank (T. erythropus) Lesser yellowlegs...

LC Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria LC Grey-tailed tattler, Tringa brevipes (A) NT Wandering tattler, Tringa incana LC Lesser yellowlegs, Tringa...

[citation needed] Common greenshanks are brown in breeding plumage, and grey-brown in winter. When in water, they can appear very similar to marsh sandpipers...

relative of the curlews. It is distinguished from them by its yellow legs, long tail, and shorter, less curved bill. "Curlew". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed...