Tringa nebularia (Gunnerus, 1767)
(Greenshank, Common Greenshank)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTringa nebularia (Greenshank, Common Greenshank)
GenusTringa (a genus of sandpipers)
FamilySCOLOPACIDAE (sandpipers, curlews, godwits, stints, woodcocks etc.)
OrderCHARADRIIFORMES (plovers and sea birds)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Tringa nebularia (Greenshank, Common Greenshank) :
1: Tringa nebularia (Greenshank, Common Greenshank) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
20 Oct 2015 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
feeding in shallow water of saline lagoon
Image 1: Adult - winter plumage - feeding - anterior viewImage 2: Adult - winter plumage - feeding - lateral viewImage 3: Adult - winter plumage - feeding - lateral view (2)Image 4: Adult - winter plumage - lateral viewImage 5: Adult - winter plumage - lateral view (2)Image 6: Adult - winter plumage - lateral view (3)Image 7: Adult - winter plumage - lateral view (4)

Tringa nebularia (Greenshank, Common Greenshank) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tringa nebularia (Greenshank, Common Greenshank)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tringa nebularia (Greenshank, Common Greenshank)
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