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A photo of a Grey-tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes)
Grey-tailed Tattler

Grey-tailed Tattler

Tringa brevipes

The grey-tailed tattler or Polynesian tattler, Tringa brevipes (formerly Heteroscelus brevipes) is a small, foraging shorebird in the genus Tringa. This tattler breeds in northeast Siberia. After breeding, they migrate to an area from southeast Asia to Australia. The grey-tailed tattler is closely related to its North American counterpart, the wandering tattler (T. incana) and is difficult to distinguish from that species. Both tattlers are unique among the species of Tringa for having unpatterned, greyish wings and back, and a scaly breast pattern extending more or less onto the belly in breeding plumage, in which both also have a rather prominent supercilium. These birds resemble common redshanks in shape and size. The upper parts, underwings, face and neck are grey, and the belly is white. They have short yellowish legs and a bill with a pale base and dark tip. There is a weak supercilium. They are very similar to their American counterpart, and differentiation depends on details like the length of the nasal groove and scaling on the tarsus. The best distinction is the call; grey-tailed has a disyllabic whistle, and wandering a rippling trill.
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Michael Thompson
Tuesday 31 Jan 2023 - 12:17am
United States
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Matthew Egan
Monday 02 Jan 2023 - 10:33am
Australia
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Matthew Egan
Saturday 19 Nov 2022 - 10:27am
Australia
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Matthew Egan
Friday 30 Sep 2022 - 3:55pm
Australia
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