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Lesser Yellowlegs

Tringa flavipesOrder: CHARADRIIFORMESFamily: Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)
Lesser Yellowlegs Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: Dagger
  • Eye Color: Medium brown.
  • Head Pattern: Eyeline, Streaked, Eyering (complete or broken)
  • Crown Color: White and gray-brown streaked.
  • Forehead Color: White and gray-brown streaked.
  • Nape Color: White and gray-brown streaked.
  • Throat Color: White and gray-brown streaked.
  • Cere color: No Data
Lesser Yellowlegs Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 25-28 cm (10-11 in)
  • Weight: 82 g (2.9 oz)
  • Size: Size 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
  • Color: White, Brown, Gray
  • Underparts: White with gray-brown streaks on breast and sides.
  • Upperparts: Gray-black with white speckles.
  • Back Pattern: Mottled
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Striped or streaked
Lesser Yellowlegs Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.
  • Wingspan Range: 48-56 cm (19-22 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Pointed Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Streaked
  • Upper Tail: White with gray-brown bars.
  • Under Tail: White and Gray-brown.
  • Leg Color: Yellow
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Family Sandpiper (Scolopacidae)_blue
Species Tringa flavipes
Length10 - 11 Inches
Wingspan20.5 Inches

Lesser Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs: Large sandpiper with gray and black mottled upperparts, white underparts and streaked upper breast and sides. Bill is straight and uniformly dark gray. White lower rump and dark-barred tail are visible in flight. Legs are long and yellow. Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.

● Song: "tew"

● Foraging & Feeding: Lesser Yellowlegs: Feeds on aquatic insects and other invertebrates; usually forages on mudflats or in shallow water.

● Breeding & nesting: Lesser Yellowlegs: Three to four buff to yellow or gray eggs with brown blotches are laid on a pile of leaves and vegetation near water. Incubation ranges from 22 to 23 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: Lesser Yellowlegs: Wood Sandpiper is smaller and has green legs and feet. Greater Yellowlegs is larger and has a slightly upturned bill.

Flight Pattern

Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.
Lesser Yellowlegs Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Lesser Yellowlegs: Breeds from western Alaska and Canada east to western Quebec. Spends winters on coasts from southern California and Virginia southward, and along the Gulf coast. Preferred habitats include coastal mudflats, pans and lagoons, inland lakes, ponds, rivers, sewage works, and flooded grasslands.
BreedingMonogamous, Loose colonies
Population
MigrationMigratory
Weight2.9 Ounces