Marsh sandpiper

It resembles a small elegant Greenshank, with a long fine bill and very long yellowish legs. Like the Greenshank, it is greyish brown in breeding plumage, paler in winter, and has a white wedge up its back that is visible in flight. However, it is more closely related to the Common Redshank and the Wood Sandpiper . Together, they form a group of smallish shanks which tend to have red or reddish legs, and in breeding plumage are generally a subdued, light brown above with some darker mottling, with a pattern of somewhat diffuse small brownish spots on the breast and neck.

The Marsh sandpiper is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Marsh SandPiper (Tringa stagnatilis) is one of the most elegant of waders, rather like a miniature Greenshank and easily mistaken for that species when alone. It has a more slender build, however, and the bill is proportionately shorter, straighter and more slender whilst the legs are proportionately longer. It usually occurs singly but in a suitable feeding site several birds may be gathered together. Although showing a preference for freshwater feeding, it will join the other birds on the mudflats. More

The Marsh Sandpiper is a distinctive, very long-legged wader, with a fine long bill and small body. When not breeding, the Marsh Sandpiper has a soft grey-brown upper body, with breast and neck white. A white 'eyebrow' shows above the eye. When breeding, the head and neck are heavily streaked dark brown and the flanks and lower breast show bars or chevrons. The very long legs are yellowish green. Juvenile Marsh Sandpipers have more heavily patterned upper parts than non-breeding adults. More

The Marsh Sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis, is a small wader. It is a rather small shank, and breeds in open grassy steppe and taiga wetlands from easternmost Europe to central Asia. in Hyderabad, India. It resembles a small elegant Greenshank, with a long fine bill and very long yellowish legs. Like the Greenshank, it is greyish brown in breeding plumage, paler in winter, and has a white wedge up its back that is visible in flight. More

The pictures taken in India don't look like a Marsh Sandpiper at all, more like a Wood Sandpiper to me – although I must consider the possibility of yet another species since I'm not that familiar with non-WP waders. -Anshelm '77 (talk) 20:11, 4 June 2008 (UTC) I've moved the images to Wood Sand jimfbleak (talk) 05:16, 5 June 2008 (UTC) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia. More

MARSH SANDPIPER on Scilly (Robin Mawer), LESSER YELLOWLEGS at Paull Holme Strays (East Yorks) (3 images - Brett Richards), SLAVONIAN GREBE on the Exe Estuary (Devon) (Gary Thoburn) and BLACK-NECKED GREBE in Avon (Gary Thoburn) This is the UK400 Club Rare Bird Alert for Friday 31 July, issued at 2200 hours and published in close association with Rare Bird Alert Pagers whilst utilising additional information gleaned from the Regional Birdlines, BirdGuides, local email groups and websites and individual observers. More

The Marsh Sandpiper is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies. References - * Hayman, Peter; Marchant, John & Prater, Tony (1986): Shorebirds: an identification guide to the waders of the world. Houghton Mifflin, Boston. ISBN 0-395-60237-8 * Pereira, Sérgio Luiz & Baker, Alan J. More

Images Side view of a marsh sandpiper Side view of a marsh sandpiper Species related by - * Family group * Habitat * Conservation status * * View image slideshow * Link to this image * Email to a friend * * MyARKive menu header More

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RIGHT: Marsh Sandpiper, here feeding, is extremely active, rapid movements, often running; much more active, faster moving, than the Greenshank, (above) Back More

Marsh Sandpipers eat mainly worms, insect larvae and bivalve. wading in water foragingTo find their prey, Marsh Sandpipers may wade up to their bellies in shallow water, walking briskly and steadily, pecking off titbits on the water surface, or sweeping around on the bottoms with their bills. They appear to prefer soft mud. Wary birds, Marsh Sandpipers usually hunt alone, but on rich feeding sites may gather in co-ordinated groups, or join other waders. More

The Marsh Sandpiper is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies. More

The Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) is a species of wading bird that breeds in open grassy steppe and taiga wetlands from eastern Europe to central Asia. It is migratory and most of the populations winter in Africa, and India. Smaller populations migrate to Southeast Asia and Australia. Its preferred wintering habitat is fresh water wetlands such as swamps and lakes. Close in appearance to the elegant Greenshank, it has a long, fine bill and very long yellowish legs. More

Another splendid opportunity to film a Marsh Sandpiper was a bird staying in 'De Putten' near Camperduin NH, in mid-winter. This must have been the first Marsh Sand to winter in the Netherlands. As you can see from the images, it's a first-winter bird, moulting from juvenile to adult winter plumage. Marsh Sandpiper - Poelruiter Tringa stagnatilis, first-winter; videograbs (320x). More

The Marsh Sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis, is a small wader. It is a rather small shank, and breeds in open grassy steppe and taiga wetlands from easternmost Europe to central Asia. More