Marsh sandpiper

The marsh sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) is a small

wader. It is a rather small shank, and breeds in
open grassy steppe and taiga wetlands from easternmost
Europe to central Asia. It resembles a small elegant
greenshank, with a long ne bill and very long yellowish
legs. Like the greenshank, it is greyish brown in breeding
plumage, paler in winter, and has a white wedge up its
back that is visible in ight. However, it is more closely
related to the common redshank and the wood sandpiper
(Pereira & Baker, 2005). Together, they form a group of
smallish shanks which tend to have red or reddish legs,
and in breeding plumage are generally a subdued, light
brown above with some darker mottling, with a pattern of
somewhat diuse small brownish spots on the breast and
neck. The length is 2226 cm (8.710.2 in), wingspan
is 5559 cm (2223 in) and weight is 45120 g (1.64.2
oz).[2]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2.

International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
[2] Marsh Sandpiper. Oiseaux-birds.com. Retrieved 201110-19.

Hayman, Peter; Marchant, John & Prater, Tony

(1986): Shorebirds: an identication guide to the
waders of the world. Houghton Miin, Boston.
ISBN 0-395-60237-8
Pereira, Srgio Luiz & Baker, Alan J. (2005):
Multiple Gene Evidence for Parallel Evolution
and Retention of Ancestral Morphological States
in the Shanks (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae).
Condor 107(3): 514526. DOI: 10.1650/00105422(2005)107[0514:MGEFPE]2.0.CO;2 HTML
abstract

It is a migratory species, with majority of birds wintering

in Africa, and India with fewer migrating to Southeast
Asia and Australia. They prefer to winter on fresh water
wetlands such as swamps and lakes and are usually seen
singly or in small groups.

2 External links
Marsh sandpiper videos, photos & sounds on the Internet Bird Collection
Marsh sandpiper - Species text in The Atlas of
Southern African Birds.
Avibase
Media related to Tringa stagnatilis at Wikimedia
Commons
Data related to Tringa stagnatilis at Wikispecies
Tringa stagnatilis in the Flickr: Field Guide Birds of
the World

Egg, Collection Museum Wiesbaden

These birds forage by probing in shallow water or on wet

mud. They mainly eat insects, and similar small prey.
The marsh sandpiper is one of the species to which the
Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.

References

[1] BirdLife International (2012).

"Tringa stagnatilis".

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