Solitary sandpiper
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The solitary sandpiper is a small shorebird. The genus name Tringa is the Neo-Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by... Wikipedia
Scientific name: Tringa solitaria
Conservation status: Least Concern (Population stable)
Mass: 1.7 oz
Family: Scolopacidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Source: Encyclopedia of Life