#wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) वन जलरंक

#wood sandpiper 
(Tringa glareola) 
वन जलरंक
#Saryuwetland
#Ayodhya
Uttar Pradesh
October20
Nikon Gears

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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