Common greenshank: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common greenshank lives – recorded in 101 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Tringa nebularia
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	101 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania
Mass	30.5 g (birth weight); 173 g (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Scolopacidae

Where does the common greenshank live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common greenshank in 101 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, Africa, South America, Hefei, Burkina Faso.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a common greenshank?

Wikidata records the following for the common greenshank: mass 30.5 g (birth weight); 173 g (adult weight).

Is the common greenshank endangered?

The common greenshank’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common greenshank?

The common greenshank (Tringa nebularia) is a bird in the order Charadriiformes and the family Scolopacidae, genus Tringa. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common greenshank

The common greenshank (Tringa nebularia) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders. 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 nebularia is from Latin nebula "mist". Like the Norwegian Skoddefoll, this refers to the greenshank's damp marshy habitat.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common greenshank (revision 1379047759), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q18840 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).