- English Common Name
- Grey-tailed Tattler
- Scientific name
- Tringa brevipes
- Taxonomy
- Order: Scolopacidae or Charadriiformes, Family: Scolopacidae
- Size
- About 26.5 cm
- Species Distribution
- In Japan, this species is considered as a migratory bird, but some winter in Okinawa.
- It has characteristic yellow legs. Around the migration seasons, spring and autumn, the species forms flocks in areas such as coastlines, tidal flats, paddy fields, and rivers in Okinawa.
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- Updated October 2018
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