Colours

Distinguishing features

It resembles a small elegant Common Greenshank, with a long fine bill and very long yellowish legs. Like the Common Greenshank, it is greyish brown in breeding plumage, paler in winter, and has a white wedge up its back that is visible in flight.

Size

Weight

Wingspan

Synonyms

Distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

It breeds in open grassy steppe and taiga wetlands from easternmost Europe to central Asia. It is a migratory species, with majority of birds wintering in Africa, and India with fewer migrating to Southeast Asia and Australia.

They prefer to winter on fresh water wetlands such as swamps and lakes and are usually seen singly or in small groups. (Wikipedia)

Diet

These birds forage by probing in shallow water or on wet mud. They mainly eat insects, and similar small prey. (Wikipedia)

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