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Field Guide to Birds of North America
Species Overview
Identification
Behavior
Portrait
Variations
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Order
CHARADRIIFORMES
Family
Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)
Code 4
GRSA
Code 6
TRIOCH
ITIS
HEAD
Bill Shape:
Dagger
Eye Color:
Dark brown to black.
Head Pattern:
Striped
Crown Color:
White and gray-brown streaked.
Forehead Color:
White and gray-brown streaked.
Nape Color:
White and gray-brown streaked.
Throat Color:
White and gray-brown streaked.
Cere color:
No Data
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BODY
Length Range:
21-24 cm (8.3-9.4 in)
Weight:
71 g (2.5 oz)
Size:
2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color Primary:
White, Brown
Underparts:
White with gray mottled breast.
Upperparts:
Gray-brown with white speckles.
Back Pattern:
Spotted or speckled
Belly Pattern:
Solid
Breast Pattern:
Striped or streaked
FLIGHT
Flight Pattern:
Rapid flight with deep wingbeats, when flushed may zigzag wildly then tower high in the sky before plummeting suddenly back to the ground.
Wingspan Range:
39-45 cm (15.4-17.7 in)
Wing Shape:
Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape:
Rounded Tail
Tail Pattern:
Barred
Upper Tail:
White with narrow black bars at tip.
Under Tail:
White
Leg Color:
Gray-green
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