Spotted (Nordmann's) Greenshank Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Tringa guttifer
Family : Scolopacidae
Order : Charadriiformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Spotted Greenshank
Habitat : Coast
Description : The Nordmann’s Greenshank is a medium-sized shorebird with yellowish legs (adult bird length approximately 31 cm, wing 18 cm, bill 5.3 cm, tarsus 4.6 cm, tail 6.5 cm). The non-breeding adult looks pale ashy-brown from above and white from below. Its forehead, supercilium and sides of the head are white, and its hind-neck is streaked with brown. It feeds on crustaceans, molluscs and annelids.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Calidris ruficollis
(Red‑necked Stint) -
Limosa limosa
(Black‑tailed Godwit) -
Tringa brevipes
(Grey‑tailed Tattler) -
Gallinago megala
(Swinhoe's Snipe) -
Scolopax rusticola
(Eurasian Woodcock) -
Gallinago stenura
(Pintail Snipe) -
Calidris subminuta
(Long‑toed Stint) -
Limnodromus semipalmatus
(Asian Dowitcher)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills
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Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters
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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
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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
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Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby
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Flamingo
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Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch
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Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths
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Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes
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Nightjars -
Barn-owls
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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;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: pintail(www.inaturalist.org/people/pintail),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Anon Torimimore 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;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: pintail(www.inaturalist.org/people/pintail),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Anon Torimimore information, please contact us.