Greenshank
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Greenshank | image = Tringa_nebularia_(Marek_Szczepanek).jpg | image_width = 200px | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Charadriiformes | familia = Scolopacidae | genus = Tringa | species = T. nebularia | binomial = Tringa nebularia | binomial_authority = (Gunnerus, 1767) }} The Greenshank, Tringa nebularia, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders. This is a subarctic bird, breeding from northern Scotland eastwards across northern Europe and Asia. It is a migratory species, wintering in Africa, south Asia, and Australasia, usually on fresh water. It breeds on dry ground near marshy areas, laying about four eggs in a ground scrape.
Greenshanks are brown in breeding plumage, and grey-brown in winter. They have long greenish legs and a long bill with a grey base. They show a white wedge on the back in flight. They are somewhat larger than the related Common Redshank. The alarm call is a loud trisyllabic whistle.
Like most waders, they feed on small invertebrates, but will also take small fish.
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