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WOOD SANDPIPER
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Copyright: Marius Secan (marius-secan)
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| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2017-08-30 |
| Categories: Birds |
| Camera: NIKON D810 |
| Exposure: f/5.6 |
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| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2017-10-11 6:26 |
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| Points: 4 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
WOOD SANDPIPER (DANUBE DELTA)
The wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) is a small wader. This Eurasian species is the smallest of the shanks, which are mid-sized long-legged waders of the family Scolopacidae. 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 glareola is from Latin glarea, " gravel".
The wood sandpiper breeds in subarctic wetlands from the Scottish Highlands across Europe and Asia. They migrate to Africa, Southern Asia, particularly India, and Australia. Vagrant birds have been seen as far into the Pacific as the Hawaiian Islands.
This bird is usually found on freshwater during migration and wintering. They forage by probing in shallow water or on wet mud, and mainly eat insects and similar small prey. |
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