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Green Sandpiper

Tringa ochropus

Green Sandpiper
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Svaleklire er en sjælden yngletrækfugl i Danmark, men ret almindelig som trækgæst fra Fennoskandinavien. Svalekliren kan i flugten minde om en bysvale pga. sin hvide overgump.

Field marks

Medium-sized sandpiper with very dark, finely spotted upperparts contrasting sharply in flight with a white and a white tail carrying few, broad bars. The underwing is wholly black. Breast and throat dark-streaked with an abrupt border to the white belly; greenish legs and a short, indistinct .

Can be confused with

  • Wood Sandpiper — Wood Sandpiper has grey underwings and far less contrast between upper- and underside, a longer supercilium and paler, more coarsely spotted upperparts; its legs are yellowish olive-green.

Voice

A ringing, whistled "tuit-vit-vit", most often heard as the bird flushes.

Facts

Wingspan

59 cm

Conservation status

ikke truet

Family

sandpipers and allies

Scolopacidae

Read more

This is a short overview for the quiz. For the full account, go to the sources:

  • Danmarks Fugle at the Danish Ornithological Society (in Danish)
  • Wikipedia (in Danish)The description above is from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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