Archive for April 10th, 2008
Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
Thursday, April 10th, 2008Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Tringa
Species: T. stagnatilis
Marsh SandPiper (Tringa stagnatilis) is one of the most elegant of waders, rather like a miniature Greenshank and easily mistaken for that species when alone. It has a more slender build, however, and the bill is proportionately shorter, straighter and […]
