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The Lesser Yellowlegs
(Tringa flavipes) is a medium sized shorebird or wader of the family Scolopacidae which is the genus Tringa.
It is a common long distant migrant which
breeds in wetland areas in the boreal forests of Central and North West Canada as well as Alaska. In early
autumn it migrates south to its wintering areas in the Gulf of Mexico and South
America. It is also a very rare but annual autumn vagrant to North West Europe, including
Ireland.
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