Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)

Greater Yellowlegs, a reference photo — Photo: Chuck Homler, Focus On Wildlife · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

The greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) is a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. It breeds in central Canada and southern Alaska and winters in southern North America, Central America, the West Indies and South America.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Greater Yellowlegs being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Tringa flavipes
Tringa nebularia

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Tringa
Species: Tringa melanoleuca

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