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Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca · Family Scolopacidae
Tringa melanoleuca
Family Scolopacidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 3,337,542
- Countries and territories with records
- 78
About this species
This species has 3,337,542 occurrence records from 78 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (77.6%), Canada (14.7%) and Mexico (1.3%); together they account for 93.6% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.23% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Tringa melanoleuca combines the genus name Tringa with the species epithet melanoleuca. The Warbla app catalog lists 13 species of the genus Tringa; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Tringa totanus, Tringa flavipes and Tringa nebularia.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 89 species of the family Scolopacidae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Actitis macularius. Its record count is 4.7 times the family average (703,816). The family Scolopacidae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.