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The green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) belongs to the family Scolopacidae under the order Charadriiformes.
Green sandpiper taxonomy
The Scolopacidae is the family of sandpipers, curlews and snipes. The family Scolopacidae was first introduced by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (October 22, 1783 – September 18, 1840), a zoologist, botanist, writer and polyglot, in the year 1815.The family Scolopacidae comprises fifteen genera, including genus Tringa. The genus Tringa was first described by Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist, in the year 1758.
"The genus name Tringa is the New 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 genus Tringa comprises thirteen species, viz., Tringa ochropus, Tringa solitaria, Tringa brevipes, Tringa incana, Tringa erythropus, Tringa melanoleuca, Tringa nebularia, Tringa semipalmata, Tringa flavipes, Tringa guttifer, Tringa stagnatilis, Tringa totanus and Tringa glareola.
The species Tringa ochropus was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the year 1758. The species Tringa ochropus is monotypic.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Tringa ochropus |
| Species: | T. ochropus |
| Genus: | Tringa |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Green sandpiper - Tringa ochropus 250 Photo by Dr. Raju Kasambe |
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| 2.Green sandpiper - Tringa ochropus Photo by Charlesjsharp |
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| 3.Green sandpiper - Tringa ochropus Photo by Francesco Veronesi |
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| 4.Green sandpiper - Tringa ochropus Photo by Ferran Pestaña |
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| 5.Green sandpiper - Tringa ochropus Photo by Alpsdake |
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| 6.Green sandpiper - Tringa ochropus Photo by Alpsdake |
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| 7.Green sandpiper - Tringa ochropus Photo by Tony Smith |
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| 8.Tringa ochropus Photo by Dr. Raju Kasambe |
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| 9.Tringa ochropus eggs Photo by Klaus Rassinger und Gerhard Cammerer |
1.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_Sandpiper_Tringa_ochropus_by_Dr._Raju_Kasambe_DSCN0314_(10).jpg (cropped)
Photo author: Dr. Raju Kasambe | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 4/29/18
2.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Green_sandpiper_(Tringa_ochropus).jpg (cropped)
Author: Charlesjsharp | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 4/29/18
3.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/francesco_veronesi/14738362234/ (cropped)
Author: Francesco Veronesi | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 4/29/18
4.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ferranp/461974827/ (cropped)
Author: Ferran Pestaña | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 4/29/18
5.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tringa_ochropus.JPG (cropped)
Author: Alpsdake | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 4/29/18
6.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tringa_ochropus_a2.JPG (cropped)
Author: Alpsdake | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 4/29/18
7.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pc_plod/6038952240/ (cropped)
Author: Tony Smith | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 4/29/18
8.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Dr. Raju Kasambe | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 4/29/18
9.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tringa_ochropus_MWNH_0209.JPG (cropped)
Author: Klaus Rassinger und Gerhard Cammerer | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 4/29/18
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