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Common Greenshank

Common Greenshank - Immature

Photographer

» Ruben Barone Tosco

Location

» Punta del Hidalgo (La Laguna), Tenerife

Country image taken

» Canary Islands

Date

» March, 2018

Equipment

» Pentax K-m with zoom Tamron 70-300 mm

Bird Species

»Tringa nebularia - Common Greenshank

Bird Species (French)

»Chevalier aboyeur

Bird Family

»Scolopacidae - Sandpipers, Snipes

Bird Group

»Charadriiformes Gull, Skua, Tern, Wader

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» This wader is common (normally in low numbers) during the winter and in the migration periods in many of the Canary Islands, especially in the central and eastern ones. The bird shown in the image has been aged as an immature of 2nd calendar year by Richard Chandler, bird photographer and expert in shorebirds.

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