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Tringa flavipes
lesser yellowlegs
Anacostia Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Uncommon

Scientific Name with Authority:		Tringa flavipes (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		lesser yellowlegs
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Charadriiformes, Family Scolopacidae, Genus Tringa, Species Tringa flavipes


Seasonality Tags:
Resident


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		DC: S3N; MD: S1N
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 2 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Alagnak Wild River	Amistad National Recreation Area
Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Assateague Island National Seashore	Badlands National Park
Big Bend National Park	Big Cypress National Preserve
Big Hole National Battlefield	Big Thicket National Preserve
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area	Biscayne National Park
Blue Ridge Parkway	Bryce Canyon National Park
Buck Island Reef National Monument	Canaveral National Seashore
Cape Cod National Seashore	Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Krusenstern National Monument	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Capitol Reef National Park	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Channel Islands National Park	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Colonial National Historical Park	Congaree National Park
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Curecanti National Recreation Area
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Death Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Denali National Park and Preserve
Dinosaur National Monument	Dry Tortugas National Park
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve	Effigy Mounds National Monument
Everglades National Park	Fire Island National Seashore
Fort Matanzas National Monument	Fort Pulaski National Monument
Fort Sumter National Historical Park	Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
Gateway National Recreation Area	George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Glacier National Park	Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Golden Gate National Recreation Area	Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Portage National Monument	Grand Teton National Park
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site	Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Homestead National Historical Park
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Hovenweep National Monument
Indiana Dunes National Park	Isle Royale National Park
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument	Katmai National Park and Preserve
Kenai Fjords National Park	Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Kobuk Valley National Park	Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
Lava Beds National Monument	Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	Missouri National Recreational River
Montezuma Castle National Monument	Morristown National Historical Park
National Capital Parks-East	Natural Bridges National Monument
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Ninety Six National Historic Site
Noatak National Preserve	North Cascades National Park
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park	Olympic National Park
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument	Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run
Padre Island National Seashore	Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
Petrified Forest National Park	Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Pinnacles National Park	Pipestone National Monument
Piscataway Park	Point Reyes National Seashore
Redwood National Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rocky Mountain National Park	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park	San Juan Island National Historical Park
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	Shiloh National Military Park
Sitka National Historical Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument	Tuzigoot National Monument
Valley Forge National Historical Park	Virgin Islands National Park
Voyageurs National Park	Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Wind Cave National Park	Wrangell - St Elias National Park and Preserve
Wupatki National Monument	Yellowstone National Park
Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve	Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	8/12/2003

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