Common Greenshank Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Tringa nebularia
Family : Scolopacidae
Order : Charadriiformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Greenshank
Habitat : Coast
Description : The Common Greenshank is a medium sized shorebird with long, greenish legs (adult bird length approximately 32 cm, weight 160 g, wing 19 cm, bill 5.5 cm, tarsus 5.8 cm, tail 7.5 cm). The non-breeding adult looks dark brownish-grey from above and white from below. It has up-turned dark horny-brown to blackish bill with a pale greenish base. It feeds on insects and their larvae, especially beetles, crustaceans, annelids, molluscs, small fishes and amphibians.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Lymnocryptes minimus
(Jack Snipe) -
Gallinago stenura
(Pintail Snipe) -
Calidris minuta
(Little Stint) -
Numenius arquata
(Eurasian Curlew) -
Tringa brevipes
(Grey‑tailed Tattler) -
Numenius madagascariensis
(Far Eastern Curlew) -
Limnodromus semipalmatus
(Asian Dowitcher) -
Gallinago gallinago
(Common Snipe) -
Tringa ochropus
(Green Sandpiper) -
Calidris temminckii
(Temminck's Stint)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Syed Abbas (Birdwing,Bangladesh);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Alan Dalton(www.xeno-canto.org/Alan Dalton), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Syed Abbas (Birdwing,Bangladesh);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Alan Dalton(www.xeno-canto.org/Alan Dalton), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.