Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur

Sitio realizado por aficionados a la observación de aves desde 10 de enero 2006

Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes

Order: Charadriiformes - Family: Scolopacidae Status: Boreal Migrant. Habitat: Ponds

Shorebird coming from the Northern Hemisphere to spend summer. It is most commonly seen in its basic plumage or with last signals of alternate plumage.
All records since January 2014
Sounds

© José L. Merlo

     
Adult
Pitotoy chico/Lesser Yellowlegs1 2014 © Elsa y Guillermo
Short thin bill approx the same length as head. Long yellow legs
Pitotoy chico/Lesser Yellowlegs10 2013 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Pitotoy chico/Lesser Yellowlegs10 2013 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Finely barred white underwing coverts
Pitotoy chico/Lesser Yellowlegs12 2016 © Hugo Aguilar
Barred tail with white base
Pitotoy chico/Lesser Yellowlegs1 2014 © Elsa y Guillermo
Compared with an ibis
Pitotoy chico/Lesser Yellowlegs8 2006 © Jorge García Vicente
More photographic records since January 2013
Previous records
pitotoy chico HH 09 069-2006 © Hugo Hulsberg Pitotoy chico/Lesser Yellowlegs8-2006 © Jorge García Vicente
pitotoy chico AG 09 059-2005 © Alberto Gurni pito chico RAA 21-8-05_28-2005 © Roberto Ares
pitotoy chico HH 07 057-2005 © Hugo Hulsberg pitotoy chico NO 10 0410-2004 © Norberto Oste