Wood Sandpiper

liro · Tringa glareola

Family: Scolopacidae (Kurpat) · Size: 18.5–21 cm

The wood sandpiper is a small wader belonging to the sandpiper family Scolopacidae. A Eurasian species, it is the smallest of the shanks, a genus of mid-sized, long-legged waders that largely inhabit freshwater and wetland environments, as opposed to the maritime or coastal habitats of other, similar species.

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