Greater Yellowlegs

Greater Yellowlegs Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa melanoleuca

Pictures: Teus Luijendijk

Pictures taken through my telescope at a pool along one of the roads southbound from Buenos Aires towards San Clemente del Tuyu.
I still often think it's tough to identify yellowlegs, but this bird already shows some of the summer plumage barring on the flanks, which is diagnostic for Greater.


Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca videograbs (320x). South of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 9 March 2002.