Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Grootgeelpootruiter |
| Asturian | Chibibñ patimariellu grande |
| Basque | Kuliska hankahori handia |
| Bulgarian | Голям жълтоног водобегач |
| Catalan | gamba groga grossa |
| Croatian | žutonoga prutka |
| Czech | vodouš velký |
| Danish | Stor Gulben |
| Dutch | Grote Geelpootruiter |
| English | Greater Yellowlegs |
| English (United States) | Greater Yellowlegs |
| Faroese | Stórur gulstelkur |
| Finnish | amerikanviklo |
| French | Grand Chevalier |
| French (France) | Grand Chevalier |
| Galician | Bilurico grande |
| German | Tüpfelgelbschenkel |
| Greek | Κιτρινοσκέλης |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Gwo Bekasin janm jòn |
| Hebrew | ביצנית עקודה |
| Hungarian | Mocsári cankó |
| Icelandic | Mosastelkur |
| Japanese | オオキアシシギ |
| Korean | 큰노랑발도요 |
| Lithuanian | Margasis tulikas |
| Norwegian | plystresnipe |
| Polish | brodziec piegowaty |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | maçarico-grande-de-perna-amarela |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Perna-amarela-grande |
| Romanian | Fluierar mare cu picioare galbene |
| Russian | Пёстрый улит |
| Serbian | Veliki žutonogi sprudnik |
| Slovak | kalužiak jarabý |
| Slovenian | Veliki rumenonogi martinec |
| Spanish | Archibebe Patigualdo Grande |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Pitotoy Grande |
| Spanish (Chile) | Pitotoy grande |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Patiamarillo Mayor |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Zarapico patiamarillo grande |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Patas Amarillas Mayor |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Patiamarrilo Mayor |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Playero Patas Amarillas Mayor |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Patamarilla Mayor |
| Spanish (Panama) | Patiamarillo Mayor |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Pitotoi grande |
| Spanish (Peru) | Playero Pata Amarilla Mayor |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Playero Guineílla Mayor |
| Spanish (Spain) | Archibebe patigualdo grande |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Playero Mayor Patas Amarillas |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Tigüi-Tigüe Grande |
| Swedish | större gulbena |
| Turkish | Büyük Sarıbacak |
| Ukrainian | Коловодник строкатий |
Tringa melanoleuca (Gmelin, 1789)
Definitions
- TRINGA
- melanoleuca / melanoleucos / melanoleucus
- Melanoleuca
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Scientific name definitions
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1998
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Authors
Chris S. Elphick and T. Lee Tibbitts
Recommended Citation
Elphick, C. S. and T. L. Tibbitts (2020). Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.greyel.01
Birds of North America
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Version 2.0
- Revision
- January 1, 1998
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Authors
Chris S. Elphick and T. Lee Tibbitts
Revisors
Chris S. Elphick and T. Lee Tibbitts
Recommended Citation
Elphick, C. S. and T. L. Tibbitts (1998). Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.355
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Print Version (requires subscription to access)
- January 1, 1998
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Recommended Citation
Elphick, C. S., and T. L. Tibbitts. 1998. Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca). In The Birds of North America, No. 355 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. https://doi.org/10.2173/tbna.355.p
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- May 3, 2016
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Authors
Jan Van Gils, Popko Wiersma, and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Van Gils, J., P. Wiersma, and G. M. Kirwan (2016). Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
