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The lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) is a medium-sized shorebird. The genus name Tringa is the New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific flavipes is from Latin flavus, "yellow", and pes, "foot".
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- (c) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region, some rights reserved (CC BY),
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lesser_Yellowlegs_-_Rachel_Carson_National_Wildlife_Refuge.jpg
- (c) Quinn Desilets, all rights reserved, uploaded by Quinn Desilets,
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82376281
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA),
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tringa_flavipes
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