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WoRMS taxon detailsTringa nebularia (Gunnerus, 1767)
 158968 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158968)
accepted
Species
Glottis nebularia (Gunnerus, 1767) · unaccepted
Scolopax nebularia Gunnerus, 1767 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Totanus glottis Bechstein, 1809 · unaccepted
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scolopax nebularia Gunnerus, 1767) Gunnerus, J.E. (1767). Beskrifning på trenne Norrska Sjö-Kråk, Sjö-Pungar kallade. <em>Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar.</em> 28: 114-124. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 251 [details] 
Description Length: 30-36 cm. Plumage: above mottled grey; below white with some streaking on sides of neck and chest; tail barred...
Description Length: 30-36 cm. Plumage: above mottled grey; below white with some streaking on sides of neck and chest; tail barred black; long white wedge between wings apparent in flight; head mottled grey with whitish face and dark line from base of bill to eye; in breeding bird upperparts brown with heavy streaking and barring, below with more streaking on breast and neck; head more heavily streaked. Immature buffier below. Bare parts: iris brown; bill black with greenish or bluish grey base, slightly upcurved; feet and legs greenish to yellowish grey. Habitat: seashores, exposed coral, mudflats, estuaries, inland waters. Palearctic migrant. <389><391><393> [details] Distribution accidental shore bird from Eurasia, reported Nova Scotia
Distribution accidental shore bird from Eurasia, reported Nova Scotia [details]
WoRMS (2025). Tringa nebularia (Gunnerus, 1767). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158968 on 2025-07-19
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Scolopax nebularia Gunnerus, 1767) Gunnerus, J.E. (1767). Beskrifning på trenne Norrska Sjö-Kråk, Sjö-Pungar kallade. <em>Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar.</em> 28: 114-124. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 251 [details] basis of record Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p. [details] Othercontext source (HKRMS)
HKBWS. (2013). Hong Kong Bird Report 2011. <em>The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society.</em> [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] context source (BeRMS 2020) Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). European Seabirds at Sea - data collected by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). INBO Seabird distribution data (all trips). [details] context source (Bermuda) Dobson, A. F. (2002). A Birdwatching Guide to Bermuda. Arlequin Press, Chelmsford, Essex, 173 pp. [details] additional source Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details] additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details] additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  [request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Length: 30-36 cm. Plumage: above mottled grey; below white with some streaking on sides of neck and chest; tail barred black; long white wedge between wings apparent in flight; head mottled grey with whitish face and dark line from base of bill to eye; in breeding bird upperparts brown with heavy streaking and barring, below with more streaking on breast and neck; head more heavily streaked. Immature buffier below. Bare parts: iris brown; bill black with greenish or bluish grey base, slightly upcurved; feet and legs greenish to yellowish grey. Habitat: seashores, exposed coral, mudflats, estuaries, inland waters. Palearctic migrant. <389><391><393> [details]Distribution accidental shore bird from Eurasia, reported Nova Scotia [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (87 publications) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To Dyntaxa To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tringa nebularia) To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 129 proteins) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) To PESI To ITIS From editor or global species database
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