Prakruti Parichay
ScolopacidaeTringaVagrant

Nordmann's Greenshank

Tringll guttifer

29–32 cmMedium
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

India and Bangladesh. Stockier than Common Greenshank, with shorter, yellowish legs, and deeper bill with blunt tip. Breeding adult has black spotting on breast and prominent white notching on scapulars and tertials. Non-breeding has paler and more uniform upperparts than Common. Juvenile has rather uniform upperparts. with paler fringes to wing-coverts. and strongly bicoloured bill. flight call is kwork or gwaak. very different from Common Greenshank. Freshwater and coastal wetlands.

Colour

BlackWhite
Average size
30.5 cm
Habitat
Freshwater and coastal wetlands.
Behaviour
India and Bangladesh.

About this bird

India and Bangladesh. Stockier than Common Greenshank, with shorter, yellowish legs, and deeper bill with blunt tip. Breeding adult has black spotting on breast and prominent white notching on scapulars and tertials. Non-breeding has paler and more uniform upperparts than Common. Juvenile has rather uniform upperparts. with paler fringes to wing-coverts. and strongly bicoloured bill. flight call is kwork or gwaak. very different from Common Greenshank. Freshwater and coastal wetlands.

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Nordmann's Greenshank is bigger than Audubon's Shearwater but smaller than Black-necked Grebe.

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Nordmann's Greenshank

Tringll guttifer

29–32 cm