| Greater yellowlegs | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Tringa |
| Species: | T. melanoleuca
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| Binomial name | |
| Tringa melanoleuca (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Breeding Migration Nonbreeding
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| Synonyms | |
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Totanus melanoleucus | |
The greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) is a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. It breeds in central Canada and southern Alaska and winters in southern North America, Central America, the West Indies and South America.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Tringa melanoleuca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693231A93392247. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693231A93392247.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.