Nordmann’s Greenshank
Tringa guttifer
- Family
- Sandpipers and Allies (Scolopacidae)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
Overview
Nordmann's greenshank (Tringa guttifer) or the spotted greenshank is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders. They are considered endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List and are typically found within the East Asian-Australasian Flyway.
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Range and habitat
Breeds coastal larch forest of western and southern coastal Sea of Okhotsk, Tatar Strait (west of Sakhalin), and Sakhalin (eastern Siberia); winters coastal mudflats and saltpans of southeastern Bangladesh, southern Myanmar, southern Thailand, Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra, and southwestern Borneo.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Nordmann's greenshank
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
