The legs are yellow-green. Key words: Wood Sandpiper, migration, dynamics INTRODUCTION In Bulgaria the Wood Sandpiper can be met nearly all over the year in suitable habitats Œ streams, rivers, marshes, lakes, channels, fishing-pools, rice-fields, flooded thin forests, wet meadows, coastal bays (Nankinov et al. Wood Sandpipers ringed on migration in Central Europe fly mostly to the south-west (Glutz von Blotzheim et … The Wood Sandpiper has very wide range where it is sometimes threatened by exploitation, drainage and destruction of wetlands for forestry and agriculture, especially in Finland. The Wood Sandpiper is a long-distance migrant; birds from the European part of the breeding range are thought to winter mainly in West Africa, but with some individuals wintering as far south as South Africa. It knows the way. Description and systematics. Language ... Each species account is written by leading ornithologists and provides detailed information on bird distribution, migration, habitat, diet, sounds, behavior, breeding, current population status, and conservation. Names (38) Species names in all available languages. Has been recorded in British Columbia and northeastern North America. 1997). The Wood Sandpiper is a small slim wader, dark grey-brown above, with light flecks or spots, and a white underbody.
They migrate to Africa, Southern Asia, particularly India, and Australia. Rump white, tail white with narrow dark bands. Semipalmated sandpiper, Get link; Facebook; Twitter; Pinterest; Email; Other Apps; May 27, 2020 Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, May 26, 2020. It resembles a longer-legged and more delicate Green (T. ochropus) or Solitary Sandpiper (T. solitaria) with a short fine bill, brown back and longer yellowish legs. In flight, a square white rump is revealed and there are no wing bars. Glossy Ibis by Mladen Vassilev.
Wader Migration in Northern Greece. It is the smallest of the shanks, and breeds in subarctic wetlands from the Scottish Highlands across Europe and Asia. Climatic changes may affect this species too, and declines are reported in S Sweden, Germany and Poland. Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the wood sandpiper. Another shorebird seen from the pontoon. Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola. 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.
Wood Sandpiper: Breeds across northern Europe and Asia; it winters in equatorial areas stretching from Africa to Asia. Autumn migration of waders is a really fascinating experience and all birders who enjoy observing waders will appreciate the richness of the well-preserved coastal lagoons of Northern Greece.
Autumn migration of waders is a really fascinating experience and all birders who enjoy observing waders will appreciate the richness of the well-preserved coastal lagoons of Northern Greece.