Common Greenshank

Birds > Wading Birds & Shorebirds

AT A GLANCECommon Name: Common GreenshankScientific Name: Tringa nebulariaCategory: BirdsSubcategory: Wading Birds & ShorebirdsSize: Length 30 to 35 cm (12 to 14 in); wingspan 68 to 70 cm (27 to 28 in)Weight: 140 to 270 g (4.9 to 9.5 oz)Lifespan: 6 to 12 years in...

Northern Lapwing

Birds > Shorebirds

AT A GLANCECommon Name: Northern LapwingScientific Name: Vanellus vanellusCategory: BirdsSubcategory: ShorebirdsRange: Widespread across the temperate Palearctic, breeding from the British Isles and western Europe east across Russia to northern China; winters in...

Black-winged Stilt

Birds > Shorebirds

AT A GLANCECommon Name: Black-winged StiltScientific Name: Himantopus himantopusCategory: BirdsSubcategory: ShorebirdsRange: Widespread across the Mediterranean basin, sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, Central and South Asia, and Southeast AsiaHabitat Type: Shallow...

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Birds > Waders & Shorebirds

AT A GLANCECommon Name: Eurasian OystercatcherScientific Name: Haematopus ostralegusCategory: BirdsSubcategory: Waders & ShorebirdsRange: Coastal coasts and inland river valleys across western Europe, the Mediterranean, northern Eurasia, and East AsiaHabitat...

Eurasian Spoonbill

Birds > Wading Birds

OverviewThe Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), also celebrated across the Old World as the Common Spoonbill, is a stately, snow-white wading bird belonging to the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae. Instantly recognized by its long, paddle-shaped bill...