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Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa melanoleuca

251Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month
9Counties with records
Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb0
Mar0
Apr14
May38
Jun37
Jul22
Aug1
Sep10
Oct20
Nov94
Dec8

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England51
2Aberdeenshire Scotland28
3Highland Scotland6
4Cornwall England4
5Lincolnshire England2
6Argyll and Bute Scotland2
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland2
8Isle of Wight England2
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland1
212 England38 Scotland1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 9 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
251
Peak month
November
Counties with records
9
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
Scientific name
Tringa melanoleuca
Group
Birds
Most recorded in
Suffolk
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Tringa
Name with authority
Tringa melanoleuca (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)
Described
1789

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q570379 · GBIF 2481720