Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 49,785
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Near Threatened
Description
The greater yellowlegs is a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. It breeds in central Canada and southern Alaska and winters in southern North America, Central America, the West Indies and South America.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Greater yellowlegs”.