Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Wetlands. Above sandy-brown with white feather edges and back; below white, slender black bill; long yellow-green legs.
Allied Waders, Sandpipers
LC
Not Endemic
Description
Common summer visitor. Clear white underparts diagnostic. Differs from [Common Greenshank] in smaller size, straight, slender bill and yellowish legs. In flight shows white back and rump as [Common Greenshank], but its feet protrude further. When put to flight, calls a soft rapid ‘tjuu-tjuu-tjuu’. Occurs singly or in small groups on coastal lagoons and estuaries or inland waters. Feeds by probing in shallows.
Quick Facts
Size
23 cm - M
Names
A: Moerasruiter
Z: unothwayiza
Ss: Mosalakatane Wa Molhaka
G: Teichwasserläufer
Bird Family
A group of small birds usually found along shorelines and wading in shallow water. They usually have longish legs and bills for probing mud, feeding on small insects and invertebrates. Species breed in northern regions and during this time the males assume richly coloured plumage. They migrate south in drab non-breeding plumage at the start of the southern hemisphere summer. Illustrations depict the species in non-breeding plumage, unless otherwise indicated.
Distribution
Gallery
Behaviour
Breeding
Habitat
Occurs singly or in small groups on coastal lagoons and estuaries or inland waters.
