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

*Tringa*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted 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).