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Scientific Name

Tringa melanoleuca

Scientific Name w/ Auth.

Tringa melanoleuca (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)

Park

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (SLBE)

Sensitive

No

Park Accepted

Accepted

Record Status

Approved

Park Preferred Common Names

Greater Yellowlegs

Park Synonyms

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Aves
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Scolopacidae
Genus	Tringa
Species	Tringa melanoleuca

Occurrence

Present

Occurrence Notes

Data Source: Ted Gostomski species list review, 2003.

Nativeness

Native

Nativeness Notes

Data Source: Sibley 2000

Abundance

Uncommon

Abundance Notes

Seen by M. Jorae and G. Shugart on north end of Lake Florence on 7 May 1972. Also seen at Good Harbor Bay on 28 October 1973.; Data Source: Foster 1975; Francke and Graf 1994

Seasonality Tags

Migratory
Data Source: Francke and Graf 1994

Threatened Endangered Status

State Species of Concern statuses

Ozone Sensitive Status

NatureServe GRank

NatureServe SRank

Observations

0

References

4

Vouchers

0

External Links

0

Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.

Created By

DML

Created Date

8/16/2000 12:00:00 AM

Last Modified By

Leah Kainulainen

Last Modified Date

7/21/2005 12:00:00 AM

Notes

Park Species Detail: Recorded from Mainland and South Manitou Island., Park Species Data Source: Foster, W L. 1975. Birds of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Area. Pages 31-95 in M W Paddock. Natural History Surveys of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. University of Michigan Biological Station, Pellston and Ann Arbor, MI. Francke, C. and L. Graf. 1994. Birds of Leelanau County and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: An Annotated Checklist. Leelanau Conservancy, Leland, MI. Gostomski, T. Letter to Joan Elias. 2002. Sibley, D. A. 2000. National Audubon Society The Sibley Guide to Birds. Chanticleer Press, New York. 544 pp.

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