Tringa ochropus Linnaeus 1758 (green sandpiper)

Aves - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Tringa according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Olson and Rasmussen 2001 and Zelenkov et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Tringa ameghini, Tringa antiqua, Tringa erythropus, Tringa flavipes, Tringa glareola, Tringa incana, Tringa melanoleuca, Tringa nebularia, Tringa semipalmata, Tringa solitaria, Tringa totanus, Totanus totanus, Totanus scarabellii, Totanus majori, Totanus praecursor

Type specimen: 1

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Azerbaijan (2 collections), France (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (2)

• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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