Lesser Yellowlegs

Tringa flavipes (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes

Lesser Yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes, is a shorebird of North America, breeding mainly from subarctic tundra into forested country across Alaska, northern Canada and east to Quebec. In the non-breeding season it is found in the southern USA and Louisiana, and in temperate to tropical wetlands through the Caribbean, Central and South America, reaching Tierra del Fuego and the Galápagos. It is a medium-sized species with yellow legs and a slim, straight, dark bill that is shorter than the head. In breeding plumage the upperparts are mottled and the underparts white with brown streaking.

Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes
Breeding range: North America: (mainly) subarctic tundra to forest of n Nearctic: Alaska mainland (except far w, far n) s to c British Columbia and s Alberta, e to James Bay and probably c Quebec (ec Canada)
Nonbreeding range: s USA and LA : temperate to tropical coastal and inland Neotropical wetlands: n California, North Carolina, and throughout Caribbean s to Tierra del Fuego; Galápagos