Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Sandpipers and Allies :: Gray-tailed Tattler
Gray-tailed Tattler Heterosceles brevipes
Described by: Vieillot (1816)
Alternate common name(s): Grey-tailed Tattler, Gray-rumped Tattler, Gray-rumped Sandpiper, Siberian Tattler, Polynesian Tattler, Grey-rumped Tattler, Grey-rumped Sandpiper
Old scientific name(s): Tringa brevipes, Heteroscelus brevipes
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Range
Siberia;
Two populations;
Nc. and ne. Siberia in Lake Baikal region, s. Taimyr Peninsula, Verkhoyansk Mountains, Anadyrland, probably Kamchatka and n. Kiril Is.
Winters s. to China (Mai Po Marsh, Hong Kong), Taiwan and Australia along the coasts of Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland (Botany Bay, Manly Yacht Club, Cairns Esplanade) and New South Wales to ex. e. Victoria.
Videos
Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - May 5, 2001 Source: William Hull
Description: None
Sounds
No sounds are available for this species
References
Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.
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