- English Common Name
- Wood Sandpiper
- Scientific name
- Tringa glareola
- Taxonomy
- Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Scolopacidae
- Size
- About 21 cm
- Species Distribution
- Northern part of the Eurasian Continent
- Okinawa Red List of Threatened Species: Vulnerable
- Japan Red List of Threatened Species: Vulnerable
- This species passes Japan during the migration period. Some spend winter in Okinawa. Wood Sandpiper can be found in paddy fields, lotus fields, or wetlands.
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- Updated November 2017
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