Wood sandpiper, वन जलरंक

wood sandpiper
(Tringa glareola)
वन जलरंक 
Saryuwetland
Ayodhya Outskirts
Uttar Pradesh
January 2020
Nikon Gears
Full screen view recommend for details 

https://maghaa.com/wood-sandpiper-चुपका/

This is a small wader. This Eurasian species is the smallest of the shanks, which are mid-sized long-legged waders of the family Scolopacidae. 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 glareola is from Latin glarea, " gravel"

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