Nombre en español: Patiamarillo Chico
Nombre en ingles: Lesser Yellowlegs
Nombre científico: Tringa flavipes
Familia: Scolopacidae
Foto: Daniel Avendaño/Nick Athanas
Canto: Andrew Spencer
Tringa flavipes, conocido en América del Sur como pitotoy chico es un ave limícola de talla mediana, similar en apariencia a Tringa melanoleuca o pitotoy grande. Sin embargo, no está relacionado cercanamente a éste, sino a Tringa semipalmata o playero aliblanco, de apariencia menos similar, excepto por el plumaje del cuello, con un patrón fino y denso característico en su temporada reproductiva.2 Su hábitat reproductivo exclusivo lo constituyen los claros secos cerca de lagunas, estanques y campos inundados en las regiones boscosas boreales desde Alaska hasta Quebec.
Migran hacia la zona del golfo de México y al Sur de América del Sur, aunque existen registros de su presencia en Europa oriental y en Gran Bretaña.
Se alimentan en aguas someras, principalmente de insectos, pequeños peces y crustáceos, usando a veces su pico para revolver las aguas.
Su reclamo es más suave que el del pitotoy grande.
Lesser yellowlegs
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».[
This species is similar in appearance to the larger greater yellowlegs, although it is more closely related to the much larger willet;[ the fine, clear and dense pattern of the neck shown in breeding plumage indicates these species’ actual relationships.
A medium-large shorebird, the lesser yellowlegs measures 27 cm (11 in). The legs are yellow. Compared to the greater yellowlegs, the bill is shorter (visually about the same length as the head), slim, straight, and uniformly dark. The breast is streaked and the flanks are finely marked with short bars.[
Their breeding habitat is clearings near ponds in the boreal forest region from Alaska to Quebec. They nest on the ground, usually in open dry locations.
They migrate to the Gulf coast of the United States and south to South America.
This species is a regular vagrant to western Europe; in Great Britain about five birds arrive each year, mostly between August and October,[ with the occasional individual overwintering.
These birds forage in shallow water, sometimes using their bill to stir up the water. They mainly eat insects, small fish and crustaceans.
The call of this bird is softer than that of the greater yellowlegs.
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