Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Charadriiformes > Suborder Charadrii > Superfamily Scolopacoidea > Family Scolopacidae > Genus Tringa

Tringa melanoleuca (Gmelin, 1789)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

TringaLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name
Heteroscelus Baird, 1858 synonym

Species group names

Scolopax melanoleuca Gmelin, 1789 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: grote geelpootruiter sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English: greater yellowlegs sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
 French: grand chevalier sources: Avibase - the world bird database.
 German: großer Gelbschenkel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: margasis tulikas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: plystresnipe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: plystresnipe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: brodziec piegowaty sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: улит пестрый sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: veliki rumenonogi martinec sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: archibebe patigualdo grande sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: större gulbena sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: büyük sarıbacak sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: melyngoes mawr

Literature

basis of record

Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.

additional source

Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.

additional source

Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.

additional source

Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.

additional source

Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.

additional source

Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.

additional source

Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.

additional source

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Tringa melanoleuca (Gmelin, 1789). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158967

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Tringa melanoleuca (Gmelin, 1789). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/bd45d781-6a00-4254-bcd6-2f9573757a42

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, terrestrial

Importance

no data

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Last modified

2011-04-27 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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