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    The grey-tailed tattler (Tringa brevipes, formerly Heteroscelus brevipes), also known as the Siberian tattler or Polynesian tattler, is a small shorebird...
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    leg scales that differentiate the tattlers from their close relatives, the shanks. The species are: Grey-tailed tattler, Tringa brevipes (formerly Heteroscelus...
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    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...
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    The bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) is a large and strongly migratory wader in the family Scolopacidae, which feeds on bristle-worms and shellfish...
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    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...
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  • Grey-striped spurfowl Grey-tailed mountaingem Grey-tailed piha Grey-tailed tattler Grey-throated babbler Grey-throated barbet Grey-throated chat Grey-throated...
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    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...
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    their lifecycles. These include relatively common animals such as white-tailed deer, snowshoe hare, moose, bobcat, wild turkey, and ruffed grouse, and...
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    sandpiper (A. hypoleucos) Spotted sandpiper (A. macularia) Tringa Grey-tailed tattler (T. brevipes) Spotted redshank (T. erythropus) Lesser yellowlegs...
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    a kink rather than a smooth curve. Flying curlews may also resemble bar-tailed godwits (Limosa lapponica) in their winter plumages; however, the latter...
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    behaviour of the sharp-tailed sandpiper, but generally it's behaviour and structure are most similar to the pectoral sandpiper. Sharp-tailed sandpipers breed...
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    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...
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    (Calidris himantopus). This species occasionally hybridizes with the sharp-tailed sandpiper and the pectoral sandpiper, producing the presumed "species" called...
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    they probe for food. They generally have dull plumage, with cryptic brown, grey, or streaked patterns, although some display brighter colours during the...
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    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...
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    family Scolopacidae. Phalaropes are close relatives of the shanks and tattlers, the Actitis and Terek sandpipers, and also of the turnstones and calidrids...
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    sandpiper (A. hypoleucos) Spotted sandpiper (A. macularia) Tringa Grey-tailed tattler (T. brevipes) Spotted redshank (T. erythropus) Lesser yellowlegs...
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    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...
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    Red phalarope (redirect from Grey Phalarope)
    The red phalarope or grey phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia...
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    Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria Grey-tailed tattler, Tringa brevipes – formerly Heteroscelus brevipes Wandering tattler, Tringa incana – formerly Heteroscelus...
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    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...
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    wingspan. Weight ranges from 2.8–5.2 oz (79–147 g). They have short greenish-grey legs and a very long straight dark bill. The body is mottled brown on top...
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  • (A) Great snipe, Gallinago media Green sandpiper, Tringa ochropus Grey-tailed tattler, Tringa brevipes (A) Hudsonian godwit, Limosa haemastica (A) Hudsonian...
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    sandpiper (A. hypoleucos) Spotted sandpiper (A. macularia) Tringa Grey-tailed tattler (T. brevipes) Spotted redshank (T. erythropus) Lesser yellowlegs...
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    [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...
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    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...
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    LC Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria LC Grey-tailed tattler, Tringa brevipes (A) NT Wandering tattler, Tringa incana LC Lesser yellowlegs, Tringa...
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    nebularia) grey-tailed tattler (Heteroscelus brevipes) ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis) fork-tailed swift (Apus...
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    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...
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    Young birds are grey and brown above, with whitish underparts and a dark patch through the eye. In winter, the plumage is essentially grey above and white...
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