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The Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus),called Skogssnäppa in Skåne, is a small wader (shorebird) of the Old World. 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. The specific ochropus is from Ancient Greek okhros, "ochre", and pous, "foot".
The Green Sandpiper represents an ancient lineage of the genus Tringa; its only close living relative is the solitary sandpiper (T. solitaria). They both have brown wings with little light dots and a delicate but contrasting neck and chest pattern. In addition, both species nest in trees, unlike most other scolopacids.
Given its basal position in Tringa, it is fairly unsurprising that suspected cases of hybridisation between this species and the Common Sandpiper (A. hypoleucos) of the sister genus Actitis have been reported.
Distribution and ecology
It breeds across subarctic Europe and Asia and is a migratory bird, wintering in southern Europe, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and tropical Africa. Food is small invertebrate items picked off the mud as this species works steadily around the edges of its chosen pond.
This is not a gregarious species, although sometimes small numbers congregate in suitable feeding areas. Green sandpiper is very much a bird of freshwater, and is often found in sites too restricted for other waders, which tend to like a clear all-round view.
It lays 2–4 eggs in an old tree nest of another species, such as a Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris). The clutch takes about three weeks to hatch.
The Green Sandpiper is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
Widely distributed and not uncommon, it is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN on a global scale.
Range map from www.oiseaux.net - Ornithological Portal Oiseaux.net
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Description This species is a somewhat plump wader with a dark greenish-brown back and wings, greyish head and breast and otherwise white underparts. The back is spotted white to varying extents, being maximal in the breeding adult, and less in winter and young birds. The legs and short bill are both dark green.
It is conspicuous and characteristically patterned in flight, with the wings dark above and below and a brilliant white rump. The latter feature reliably distinguishes it from the slightly smaller but otherwise very similar solitary sandpiper (T. solitaria) of North America.
In flight it has a characteristic three-note whistle
Sitting on a wire along road #99 between Pajala and Haparanda in Sweden.
I stop the car and I go out to get a picture, then the bird starting to fly around me in circles giving alarm call
The bird was obviously sitting on the wire keeping an eye out while the partner was sitting on the nest.
I had a few quick pictures and I gave it a quick look for the nest. Never found it and I was out of there in a minute as the bird was stressed and I didn't wanted to disturb
Sighted: (Date of first photo that I could use)
12 July 2018 Location: Road #99 between Pajala and Haparanda
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Green Sandpiper/ Skogssnäppa - 12 July 2018 - Road #99 between Pajala and Haparanda
Green Sandpiper/ Skogssnäppa - 12 July 2018 - Road #99 between Pajala and Haparanda
Green Sandpiper/ Skogssnäppa - 12 July 2018 - Road #99 between Pajala and Haparanda
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