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Grey-tailed Tattler

Tringa brevipes

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 168, February 124, March 194, April 305, May 440, June 480, July 513, August 441, September 324, October 242, November 132, December 103.
United States4,879
Alaska3,466
Hawaii1,122
Australia749
Queensland399
Russia348
Japan270
New South Wales231
China134
South Korea119

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderShorebirds and Allies · Charadriiformes
FamilySandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
GenusShanks, Tattlers, and Allies · Tringa

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