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Non-Breeding Birds Distribution Map

NatureMapping Observations throughout the year

Greater Yellowlegs (Trinca melanoleuca)

The Washington Gap Analysis Project created breeding bird maps only. The non-breeding birds (e.g., wintering, pelagic (coastal), and birds expanding their ranges) are represented only by NatureMapping sightings.

 

Greater 
Yellowlegs photo

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Habitat

The Greater Yellowlegs winters along the coast of Washington, south to Baja California and Mexico, on coastal mud flats and marshes. It breeds on tundra from Cooke Inlet in Alaska and south all across Canada. Uncommon to rare winter resident in Washington, both fresh and salt water.

Text edited by Gussie Litwer
Webpage designed by Dave Lester