Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Greenshank no image yet Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae Genus: Tringa Species: nebularia Binomial name Tringa nebularia The Greenshank Tringa nebularia is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders. This is an subarctic bird, breeding from northern Scotland eastwards across northern Europe and Asia. It is a migratory species, wintering in Africa, south Asia, and Australasia, usually on fresh water. It breeds on dry ground near marshy areas, laying about four eggs in a ground scrape. Greenshanks are brown in breeding plumage, and grey-brown in winter. They have long greenish legs and a long bill with a grey base. They show a white wedge on the back in flight. They are somewhat larger than the related Common Redshank. The alarm call is a loud trisyllabic whistle Like most waders, they feed on small invertebrates, but will also take small fish. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.