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The wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) belongs to the family Scolopacidae under the order Charadriiformes.
Wood sandpiper taxonomy
The family Scolopacidae comprises sandpipers, curlews and snipes. The family Scolopacidae was first described by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (October 22, 1783 – September 18, 1840), a zoologist, botanist, writer and polyglot, in the year 1815.The family Scolopacidae contains 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 Tringa comprises fourteen species, including Tringa glareola. The species Tringa glareola was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the year 1758. The species Tringa glareola is monotypic species.
The genus name Tringa is based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Tringa glareola |
| Species: | T. glareola |
| Genus: | Tringa |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Wood sandpiper - Tringa glareola 306 Photo by JJ Harrison |
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| 2.Wood sandpiper - Tringa glareola Photo by Shantanu Kuveskar |
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| 3.Wood sandpiper - Tringa glareola Photo by Alpsdake |
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| 4.Wood sandpiper - Tringa glareola Photo by Alpsdake |
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| 5.Wood sandpiper - Tringa glareola Photo by Alpsdake |
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| 6.Wood sandpiper - Tringa glareola Photo by Alpsdake |
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| 7.Wood sandpiper - Tringa glareola Photo by Amara Bharathy |
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| 8.Wood sandpiper - Tringa glareola Photo by Dr. Raju Kasambe |
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| 9.Tringa glareola Photo by Mark S Jobling |
1.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tringa_glareola_-_Laem_Phak_Bia.jpg (cropped)
Author: JJ Harrison | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 5/19/18
2.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wood_Sandpiper_Photograph_By_Shantanu_Kuveskar.jpg (cropped)
Author: Shantanu Kuveskar | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 5/19/18
3.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tringa_glareola_lengthened_neck.JPG (cropped)
Author: Alpsdake | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 5/19/18
4.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tringa_glareola_a4.JPG (cropped)
Author: Alpsdake | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 5/19/18
5.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tringa_glareola_a2.JPG (cropped)
Author: Alpsdake | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 5/19/18
6.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tringa_glareola_eating.JPG (cropped)
Author: Alpsdake | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 5/19/18
7.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Amara Bharathy | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 5/19/18
8.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Dr. Raju Kasambe | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 5/19/18
9.Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Mark S Jobling | License: CC BY 3.0 as on 5/19/18
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