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Common name:

Common Greenshank

Ladakhi name:

Unknown

Scientific name:

Tringa nebularia

Order:

charadriformes

Family:

scolopacidae

fun facts:

The Common Greenshank is a migrant to Ladakh. It can be spotted along rivers, open marshes, mud-flats and on the shore of shallow lakes up to 4770 m. The sexes look the same.

Bird Club Contributor:

Lobzang Vishudda, Themisgang