Grey-tailed_tattler
Grey-tailed tattler
Species of bird
The grey-tailed tattler (Tringa brevipes, formerly Heteroscelus brevipes[3][4]), also known as the Siberian tattler or Polynesian tattler,[2] is a small shorebird in the genus Tringa. The English name for the tattlers refers to their noisy call.[5] The genus name Tringa is the Neo-Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific brevipes is from Latin brevis, "short", and pes, "foot".[6]
This tattler breeds in northeast Siberia. After breeding, they migrate to an area from southeast Asia to Australia.