WoRMS taxon details
original description
Illiger, J. K. W.; Baird, S. F.; Dwight, J.; Giebel, C.; Kellogg, R.; Mathews, G. M.; Möbius, K. A.; Richmond, C. W.; Tucker, M. B.; Wetmore, A.;. (1811). Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium : additis terminis zoographicis utriusque classis, eorumque versione germanica. <em>Acad. Reg. Scient. Berolinens. et Bavaricae Sod. Museo Zoologico Berolin.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/42403#/summary [details]
basis of record
Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unverified
Description Size: smallish. Plumage: like Tringa, but with long rounded tail and prominent wing-bar. Other characters: flight distinctive flickering wing-beats alternating with gliding, wings carried below horizontal in flight; teetering or bobbing walk on land. <389> [details]
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