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Tringa melanoleuca Greater Yellowlegs Needs Image for NorthCoast

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According to Complete Birder the greater can be separated easily when side by side base upon size alone – but when alone >difficult. Some use curvature beak, but Connor says proportion of beak length to head width more reliable

Tringa flavipes Lesser Yellowlegs

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	Breeding locally?
	BC Birds vol 2 notes Green (1923) on Porcher Island and Reimchen (1987) on Banks Island saw juveniles that they interpreted as being locally hatched. Records were not accepted. Needs phots and which species of yellowlegs

References used

Shorebirds : An Identification Guide to the Waders of the World

by Peter Hayman, John Marchant, Tony Prater—Amazon.com

The Birds of British Columbia• Volume 2 - Nonpasserines Diurnal Birds of Prey through Woodpeckers

The Complete Birder A Guide to Better Birding by Jack Connor A Field