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  • Common Greenshank, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Ximo Galarza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

  • Common Greenshank, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) floris_heemskerk, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Common Greenshank, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) guyincognito, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Common Greenshank, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) alexey_nesmelov, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Common Greenshank, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Frans Vandewalle, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Common Greenshank, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Agustín Povedano, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

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The common greenshank (Tringa nebularia) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders. 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 nebularia is from Latin nebula "mist". Like the Norwegian Skoddefoll, this refers to the greenshank's damp marshy habitat.

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