Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 22,899
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The solitary sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) is a small shorebird. 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 solitaria is Latin for "solitary" from solus, "alone".
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Solitary sandpiper”.