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  • Grey-tailed Tattler, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Joel Poyitt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Grey-tailed Tattler, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Mr S Y Chan, all rights reserved

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    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Jeremy Gatten, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Мурмило Владимир, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Grey-tailed Tattler, 5 of 6
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    (c) Oscar Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Илья Сухов, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Grey-tailed Tattler

Tringa brevipes

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About

The grey-tailed tattler or Polynesian tattler, Tringa brevipes (formerly Heteroscelus brevipes) is a small, foraging shorebird in the genus Tringa. The English name for the tattlers refers to their noisy call. The genus name Tringa is the New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific brevipes is from Latin brevis, "short", and pes, "foot".

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