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Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes

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Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes

The two yellowleg species are very similar. Size is marked different when they appear together and can be compared against each other. Greater Yellowlegs’s bill appears slightly upturned and blunt-tipped, while the Lesser Yellowlegs’s bill is straight and sharp-pointed. Lesser’s bill is always dark while the Greater’s bill is grayish at the base in non-breeding season.

Feeding on insects and small fish it is found in marshes, mudflats, ponds and shores. The Lesser Yellowlegs breeds in Alaska and Canada and winters from the southern U.S. south to Argentina. Its nest site is on open dry ground often far from water near a log or brush.

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