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Tringa melanoleuca
Greater Yellowlegs
Montezuma Castle National Monument
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Rare

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

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


Seasonality Tags:
Migratory


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		AZ: S3N
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 1 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
Anacostia Park	Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve
Antietam National Battlefield	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Assateague Island National Seashore	Badlands National Park
Big Bend National Park	Big Cypress National Preserve
Big Hole National Battlefield	Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
Big Thicket National Preserve	Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Biscayne National Park	Blue Ridge Parkway
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area	Bryce Canyon National Park
Buffalo National River	Cabrillo National Monument
Canaveral National Seashore	Canyon De Chelly National Monument
Canyonlands National Park	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Capitol Reef National Park	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Channel Islands National Park	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	Colonial National Historical Park
Crater Lake National Park	Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
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 Donelson National Battlefield	Fort Matanzas National Monument
Fort Pulaski National Monument	Fort Sumter National Historical Park
Fort Washington Park	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
Harmony Hall	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Isle Royale National Park
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	Jewel Cave National Monument
Joshua Tree National 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	Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
Lassen Volcanic National Park	Lava Beds National Monument
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park	Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	Missouri National Recreational River
Morristown National Historical Park	Mount Rainier National Park
National Capital Parks-East	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Niobrara National Scenic River	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	Pipe Spring National Monument
Pipestone National Monument	Piscataway Park
Point Reyes National Seashore	Presidio of San Francisco
Redwood National Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rocky Mountain National Park	Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
San Juan Island National Historical Park	Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Sitka National Historical Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
Tuzigoot National Monument	Virgin Islands National Park
Voyageurs National Park	Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Wind Cave National Park	Wrangell - St Elias National Park and Preserve
Yellowstone National Park	Yosemite National Park
Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve	Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	12/3/2008

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/25/2025 12:31:35 PM

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