Galapagos Species Database
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Tringa flavipes
Chorlo chico, Lesser Yellowlegs
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Tringa
Species
flavipes
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Migrant
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Recorded from Isabela, Floreana, Santa Cruz, Genovesa, and the Highlands of San Cristóbal frequently (Castro and Phillips 1996). Three skin specimens in MECCD.
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Harris, M.P. (1973) The Galápagos avifauna. Condor 75(3): 265-278.
- Hickin, N. (1979) Animal life of the Galapagos. Ferundune Books, Faringdon, U.K., 236 pp.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Tringa flavipes", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5190. Accessed 1 November 2026.