Grey-tailed Tattler
A species of Tringa, Also known as Grey-rumped Sandpiper, Grey-rumped Tattler Scientific name : Tringa brevipes Genus : Tringa
Grey-tailed Tattler, A species of Tringa
Also known as:
Grey-rumped Sandpiper, Grey-rumped Tattler
Botanical name: Tringa brevipes
Genus: Tringa
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Description General Info
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Description
The grey-tailed tattler is closely related to its North American counterpart, the wandering tattler (T. incana) and is difficult to distinguish from that species. Both tattlers are unique among the species of Tringa for having unpatterned, greyish wings and back, and a scaly breast pattern extending more or less onto the belly in breeding plumage, in which both also have a rather prominent supercilium. These birds resemble common redshanks in shape and size. The upper parts, underwings, face and neck are grey, and the belly is white. They have short yellowish legs and a bill with a pale base and dark tip. There is a weak supercilium. They are very similar to their American counterpart, and differentiation depends on details like the length of the nasal groove and scaling on the tarsus. The best distinction is the call; grey-tailed has a disyllabic whistle, and wandering a rippling trill. 
Size
25 cm (10 in)
Colors
Black
Gray
White
Feeding Habits
Grey-tailed Tattler mostly consume insects, crustaceans, and various invertebrates. They forage by probing and picking at the ground, displaying unique dietary preferences for certain prey items in their coastal habitats.
Habitat
The grey-tailed Tattler typically inhabits tidal flats, shorelines, and riparian zones characterized by sand, dunes, and intertidal mudflats. During the breeding season, grey-tailed Tattler can be found in the montane taiga and forest tundra, near rivers and streams or along stone and pebble shorelines of lakes, sometimes at elevations up to 1800 meters. In non-breeding periods, grey-tailed Tattler frequents sheltered coasts with reefs and rock platforms or areas with dense seagrass beds, often roosting in mangroves or perching on rocks. On migration, grey-tailed Tattler may be observed in inland wetlands, including paddyfields, and exhibits a preference for exclusively coastal habitats in Australia.
Dite type
Aquatic invertebrate eater
General Info
Behavior
Its breeding habitat is stony riverbeds in northeast Siberia. It nests on the ground, but these birds will perch in trees. They sometimes use old nests of other birds as well. Grey-tailed tattlers are strongly migratory and winter on muddy and sandy coasts from southeast Asia to Australia. They are very rare vagrants to western North America and western Europe. These are not particularly gregarious birds and are seldom seen in large flocks except at roosts. These birds forage on the ground or water, picking up food by sight. They eat insects, crustaceans and other invertebrates.
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Shorebirds Family
Sandpipers Genus
Tringa Species
Grey-tailed Tattler 
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