释义 |
greenshank /ˈɡriːnʃaŋk /nounA large sandpiper with long greenish legs and grey plumage, breeding in northern Eurasia and North America.- Genus Tringa, family Scolopacidae: two species, in particular T. nebularia.
Spotted redshank share their forest-marsh nesting grounds with wood sandpipers, greenshank, whimbrel, jack snipe and broad-billed sandpipers....- An even bigger threat from the proposed wind farm is potential damage to the peatland breeding habitat of wading birds like greenshank, dunlin, and golden plover.
- View the pools and lagoons to see migrant waders like greenshanks and spotted redshanks.
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