Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 24,176
- Most observed in
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The common greenshank is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders. The genus name Tringa is the Neo-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. The specific nebularia is from Latin nebula "mist". Like the Norwegian Skoddefoll, this refers to the greenshank's damp marshy habitat.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Common greenshank”.