Gray-tailed Tattler

Tringa brevipes

Order

CHARADRIIFORMES

Family

Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)

Code 4

GTTA

Code 6

TRIBRE

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Dagger
Eye Color: No data.
Head Pattern: Eyeline
Crown Color: Gray
Forehead Color: Gray and white.
Nape Color: Gray
Throat Color: Gray and white.
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 25 cm (10 in)
Weight: 108 g (3.8 oz)
Size: 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
Color Primary: Gray
Underparts: White with gray wavy bars on breast and sides.
Upperparts: Gray
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Barred or banded
Breast Pattern: Barred or banded

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Quick direct effortless flight with rapid flicking wing beats.
Wingspan Range: 51 cm (20 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Gray
Under Tail: Gray and white.
Leg Color: Yellow

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