Greater Yellowlegs / Tringa melanoleuca NT

Synonyms Stone Snipe, Greater yellowleg, Tell-tale, Varied tatler, Grey Yellowlegs, Greater Tattler, Greater Yellow-legs, Greter yellowlegs, Gray Yellowlegs
Old latin name for bird Totanus melanoleuca, Scolopax melanoleuca, Tringa melanoleucus, Totanus melanoleucus

Greater Yellowlegsbird sounds *

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Song, © Guillermo Funes
El Salvador
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Alarm call, © Nick Komar
Colombia
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Alarm call, call, © AUDEVARD Aurélien
United States
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Call, © Paul Marvin
United States
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Call, flight call, © Paul Marvin
United States
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Alarm call, call, © AUDEVARD Aurélien
United States
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Alarm call, © Nick Komar
Colombia
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Call, © Paul Marvin
United States
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Call, © Paul Marvin
United States
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Call, © Paul Marvin
United States

* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Willet

Common Greenshank

Nordmann's Greenshank

Where to see Greater Yellowlegs

Breeding region North America
Breeding subregion (mainly) temperate taiga muskeg of Nearctic: s Alaska and sw Canada through s tier of Canadian provinces to e Labrador (e Canada)
Non breeding region s USA and LA : temperate to tropical coastal and inland Neotropical wetlands: n California, Pennsylvania, and throughout Caribbean s to Tierra del Fuego; Galápagos

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List of countries (81)

Species Name in Other Languages

Language	Translation
Afrikaans	Grootgeelpootruiter
Basque	Kuliska hankahori handia, Gamba groga grossa
Belarusian	Плямісты кулік
Bengali	ফড় ঴রমদ঩া
Breton	Strelleg pavioù melen
Bulgarian	Голям жълтоног водобегач
Catalan	Camagroga grossa, gamba groga grossa
Chinese	大黄脚鹬
Chinese (Traditional)	大黃腳鷸
Cree	sessesoo
Croatian	žutonoga prutka
Czech	vodouš velký
Danish	Stor gulbenet klire, Stor Gulben
Dutch	Grote Geelpootruiter
Esperanto	granda flavkrura tringo
Estonian	ameerika heletilder
Faroese	Stórur gulstelkur
Finnish	Amerikanvalkoviklo, amerikanviklo, Isokeltajalkaviklo
French	Grand Chevalier à pattes jaunes, Grand Chevalier, Chevalier criard
Frisian	Grutte gielskonk
Galician	Bilurico grande, Bilurico patiamarelo grande, Gamba groga grossa
German	Großer Gelbschenkel, GroßerGelbschenkel, Riesengelbschnenkel, Tüpfelgelbschenkel
Greek	Μεγάλος κιτρινοσκέλης, Κιτρινοσκέλης
Guarani	Mbatui guasu, Mbatui-guasu
Hebrew	ביצנית עקודה, בצנית עקודה
Hungarian	mocsári cankó, Labrador cankó
Icelandic	Mosastelkur
Irish	Ladhrán Buí, Cosbhuí mhór
Italian	Totano zampegialle maggiore
Japanese	オオキアシシギ
Korean	큰노랑발도요
Latvian	lielais dzeltenstilbis
Lithuanian	margasis tulikas, Juodmargis tulikas, Margasis tilvikas
Luxembourgish	Grouss Gielpatt
Macedonian	Голема жолтонга тринга
Manx	Goblan buigh
Northern Sami	Stuorrafiskesjuolčoavžžu
Norwegian	plystresnipe
Norwegian Nynorsk	Plystresnipe
Polish	brodziec piegowaty, Kwokacz
Portuguese	baturía, maçarico-grande-da-praia, maçarico, maçarico-grande, maçarico-grande-de-perna-amarela, maçarico-tititiu, chirolito, batuíra-grande, Maçarico-grande-perna-amarela, Macarico tititu, perna-amarela-grande, Maçarico-grande-de-perna-amarela / Perna-amarela-grande
Romanian	Fluierar strigător
Russian	Пёстрый улит, Улит пестрый
Serbian	Veliki žutonogi sprudnik
Slovak	kalužiak jarabý
Slovenian	veliki rumenonogi martinec
Spanish	Playero patas amarillas grande, Playero Guineílla Mayor, Archibebe patigualdo grande, Patas Amarillas Mayor, Zarapico Patiamarillo Grande, Patiamarillo Grande, Pitotoy grande, Corlo Patas Amarillas, Pitotoi grande, Patiamarillo mayor, Playero mayor de patas amarillas, Archibebe Grande, Andarríos Patigualdo Grande, Patamarilla Mayor
Swedish	större gulbena
Turkish	Büyük Sarıbacak
Ukrainian	коловодник строкатий
Welsh	Melyngoes mawr