Green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)

French:	Chevalier cul-blanc

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Scolopacidae
Genus	Tringa (1)

Top facts

• The green sandpiper is fully migratory moving from breeding sites in northern Eurasia south for the colder months
• The green sandpiper is not normally gragarious and will congregate in small groups of up to 50 birds while on migration
• The green sandpiper breeds in damp woodland with plenty of dead and rotting wood and lichen

The green sandpiper is classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (1).

Information on the green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) is being researched and written and will appear here shortly.

This information is awaiting authentication by a species expert, and will be updated as soon as possible. If you are able to help please contact:
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1. IUCN Red List (August, 2011)
   http://www.iucnredlist.org