Wood sandpiper
| Wood sandpiper | |
|---|---|
| Wood sandpiper in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park, Gazipur City, Bangladesh | |
| At Timbi Lake, Vadodara, Gujarat, India | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Tringa |
| Species: | T. glareola |
| Binomial name | |
| Tringa glareola | |
| Synonyms | |
The wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) is a small wader belonging to the sandpiper family Scolopacidae. A Eurasian species, it is the smallest of the shanks, a genus of mid-sized, long-legged waders that largely inhabit freshwater and wetland environments, as opposed to the maritime or coastal habitats of other, similar species.