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

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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