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Definition of Greenshank

Greenshank
Greenshank Green"shank`, n. (Zo["o]l.) A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens); -- called also greater plover.

Meaning of Greenshank from wikipedia

- The common greenshank (Tringa nebularia) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders. The genus name Tringa is the Neo-Latin name given...
- Nordmann's greenshank (Tringa guttifer) or the spotted greenshank, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders. The Nordmann's greenshank is...
- relatives, with the spotted redshank, the greater yellowlegs, and the common greenshank for example being more closely related among each other than to any other...
- sandpiper resembles a small elegant greenshank, with a long fine bill and very long yellowish legs. Like the greenshank, it is greyish brown in breeding...
- Common greenshank and Common redshank....
- ruddy turnstones (Arenaria interpres) Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) Preening male ruff (Calidris pugnax) A distal right...
- sandpiper Limicola falcinellus 36 Little greenshank / Marsh sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 37 Greenshank / Common greenshank Tringa nebularia 38 Wood sandpiper...
- the smaller lesser yellowlegs. Its closest relative, however, is the greenshank, which together with the spotted redshank form a close-knit group. Among...
- grey plover and common redshank. The Algarve hosts red knot, common greenshank and turnstone. The Guadalquivir Marshes region of Andalusia and the Salinas...
- Black-bellied tern Peruvian tern Guadalupe murrelet S**** dotterel Nordmann's greenshank Fynbos buttonquail Buff-breasted buttonquail Sangihe pitta Siau pitta...