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Greater Yellowlegs

Grand Chevalier

Tringa melanoleuca

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  • Greater Yellowlegs
  • Greater Yellowlegs
  • Greater Yellowlegs
  • Greater Yellowlegs
  • Greater Yellowlegs

Life, Habitat & Pictures of the Greater Yellowlegs

B L W W W Family Latin Name
14" 35.6cm 28" 71.1cm 6oz 170.1g Scolopacidae Tringa melanoleuca

  • Breeding
  • Year Around
  • Winter
Greater Yellowlegs range

The Greater Yellowlegs is a large long-legged shorebird seen across of all North America. Their plumage changes to a dark grey streaked body in the spring to a lighter coloured grey in the fall. Because they have long legs and long bills, these yellowlegs are adapted to feeding in deeper water than other shorebirds. During the winter months these large shorebirds migrate south into the tropical countries. It has been seen as a migrant in Cuba.


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