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Sandpipers and Allies

Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa melanoleuca

The greater yellowlegs is a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. It breeds in central Canada and southern Alaska and winters in southern North America, Central America, the West Indies and South America.

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