Greater Yellowlegs

Scientific Name: Tringa Melanoleuca
Common Name: Greater Yellowlegs
Diet: aquatic animals
Color: gray and white
Size: 11 to 16 inches
Active Period: Winter
Habitat: in water
Field Identification: a fairly large, long-legged shorebird seen feeding on aquatic life in ponds and along slow rivers
Nest: cup on ground
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Genus: Tringa
Family: Scolopacidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Species: melanoleuca