Grey-tailed Tattler

Tringa brevipes (Vieillot, 1816) YT 5580
Family: Charadriiformes > Scolopacidae

An extremely rare visitor from eastern Asia. The first twitchable individual of this smart, yellow-legged shorebird (near Inverness in 1994) was notorious for the number of speeding tickets it generated as birders raced up the A9 to see it.

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  • Breeding
  • Winter
15 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
15 records

BTO RECORDS

15 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
15 records

BTO RECORDS

Identification

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about Grey-tailed Tattler, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

BIOMETRICS

Sample sizes are too small to report Biometrics for this species.

Feather measurements and photos on featherbase

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

For information in another language (where available) click on a linked name

Welsh: Pibydd Cynffonlwyd
Catalan: xivita siberiana
Czech: vodouš rícní
Danish: Sibirisk Gråklire
Dutch: Siberische Grijze Ruiter
Estonian: siberi mägitilder
Finnish: taigaviklo
French: Chevalier de Sibérie
German: Grauschwanz-Wasserläufer
Hungarian: szibériai vándorcankó
Icelandic: Grástelkur
Italian: Piro piro siberiano
Latvian: Sibirijas klaidontilbite
Lithuanian: sibirinis pilkasis tulikas
Norwegian: Sibirvandresnipe
Polish: brodziec szary
Portuguese: maçarico-de-cauda-cinzenta
Slovak: kalužiak krátkonohý
Slovenian: sibirski pepelinec
Spanish: Playero siberiano
Swedish: sibirisk gråsnäppa

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