Wood Sandpiper

Tringa glareola

Order

CHARADRIIFORMES

Family

Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)

Code 4

WOSA

Code 6

TRIGLA

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Dagger
Eye Color: No data.
Head Pattern: Striped
Crown Color: Brown streaked.
Forehead Color: Brown streaked.
Nape Color: Brown streaked.
Throat Color: White
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 20 cm (8 in)
Weight: 159 g (5.6 oz)
Size: 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color Primary: Brown
Underparts: White with brown spots.
Upperparts: Dark brown with white spots.
Back Pattern: Spotted or speckled
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Striped or streaked

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Fast, fluttery, surprisingly agile flight with incredible acceleration.
Wingspan Range: 56 cm (22 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
Tail Pattern: Barred
Upper Tail: White with brown-black bars.
Under Tail: White with brown-black bars.
Leg Color: Yellow-green

Percevia^® Registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

The Percevia field guides, database and search protocol patent pending.

The best bird guide and bird watching search engine to identify birds!

Bird Call Credits: The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Martyn Stewart, http://www.naturesound.org, Redmond, Washington USA. The reuse or copying of bird calls in this database is strictly forbidden2.

Field Guide to Birds of North America