Marsh Sandpiper

Tringa stagnatilis (Bechstein, 1803)

Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis is a sandpiper in the family Scolopacidae, within the order Charadriiformes. It breeds in temperate freshwater marshes across the western to eastern Palearctic, from eastern Poland and the Baltic states east through southern Russia, northern Kazakhstan and northern Mongolia to Amurland and north-eastern China. It occurs in nonbreeding season across inland and coastal wetlands of Africa, the northern Middle East, southern and south-eastern Asia, the Indonesian Archipelago, southern New Guinea, Australia except Tasmania, the Mariana Islands and Palau, the Philippines, southern China, Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands.

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes

Breeding range

Palearctic: temperate zone freshwater marshes of wc to ec Palearctic: e Poland and Baltic states e through s Russia, n Kazakhstan and n Mongolia to Amurland and ne China

Nonbreeding range

Africa, Oriental Region, Australasia: inland and coastal wetlands of Paleotropics: Africa, n Middle East, s, se Asia, Indonesian Arch., s New Guinea, Australia (except Tasmania), Mariana Is. and Palau (w Micronesia), Philippines, s China, Taiwan and Ryukyu Is. (s Japan)