Lesser Yellowlegs © Philip Perry

Medium. A short, straight, thin, dark bill. Long yellow legs. Sexes alike. Adults: Breeding: Upperparts, grey, underparts, white. Eyebrow, white. Breast, finely streaked. Flanks and sides have fine, short bars. Bill, black. A white rump, and whitish tail, clearly visible in flight. Legs, yellow, but may have an orange tone. Legs extend well beyond tail in flight. Non-breeding: Upperparts, grey or grey-brown, with alternating light and dark notches on the feather edges. Underparts, white, except for the breast which has obscure streaking. Juveniles: Similar to non-breeding adult, except the upperparts have bold white spots on coverts and scapulars.

Vagrant to Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Greenland, Hong Kong (China), Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Marshall Islands, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

© 2004 Birdpedia (Last update: 18/10/2005)		Breeds in eastern Alaska and Canada, migrates to Chile and Argentina, vagrant to Japan, New Zealand and Australia.

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