Grey-tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes)
About the Grey-tailed Tattler
The grey-tailed tattler (Tringa brevipes), also known as the Siberian tattler or Polynesian tattler, is a small shorebird in the genus Tringa. The English name for the tattlers refers to their noisy call. 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". This tattler breeds in northeast Siberia. After breeding, they migrate to an area from southeast Asia to Australia.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 72 recordings for this species: 9 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Australia, China, France, Indonesia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Common GreenshankTringa nebulariarecording
- Common RedshankTringa totanusrecording
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucarecording
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropusrecording
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesrecording
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.