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Marsh Sandpiper

சின்ன பச்சைக்காலி

Tringa stagnatilis

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Marsh Sandpiper
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Overview

The marsh sandpiper is a small wader. It is a rather small shank, and breeds in open grassy steppe and taiga wetlands from easternmost Europe to the Russian Far East. The genus name Tringa is the Neo-Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific stagnatilis is from Latin stagnum, "swamp".

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  1. Wikipedia (EN): Marsh sandpiper — CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (TA): சின்ன பச்சைக்காலி — CC BY-SA 4.0