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Common Name

Wood Sandpiper

Alternate Names

Common Type

Sandpiper

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae

Genus

Tringa

Species

glareola

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Angola, Ethiopia, Iraq

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Breed in wetlands, winter usually found around freshwater during migration and while wintering.

Distribution and Range

Breeds in northern Eurasia; winters to southern Africa, souther Asia and Australia

Food

Forage on wet meadows or mud flats by sight and by jabbing for aquatic insects, small crustaceans and some plant life.

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