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Gray-tailed Tattler
Tringa brevipes (Vieillot, 1816)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The grey-tailed tattler (Tringa brevipes), also known as the Siberian tattler or Polynesian tattler, is a small shorebird in the genus Tringa. The English name for the tattlers refers to their noisy call. The genus name Tringa is the Neo-Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific brevipes is from Latin brevis, "short", and pes, "foot".
This tattler breeds in northeast Siberia. After breeding, they migrate to an area from southeast Asia to Australia.
Wikipedia contributors, Grey-tailed tattler; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:37:42.520933+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Tringa brevipes (Vieillot, 1816)
- Name authority
- (Vieillot, 1816)
- Common name
- Gray-tailed Tattler
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Genus
- Tringa
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderCharadriiformes
- familyScolopacidae Rafinesque, 1815
- genusTringa Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesTringa brevipes (Vieillot, 1816)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Tringa. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nordmann's GreenshankTringa guttifer (Nordmann, 1835) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common GreenshankTringa nebularia (Gunnerus, 1767) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria A. Wilson, 1813 | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis (Bechstein, 1803) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| WilletTringa semipalmata (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus (Pallas, 1764) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Wood SandpiperTringa glareola Linnaeus, 1758 | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Wandering TattlerTringa incana (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green SandpiperTringa ochropus Linnaeus, 1758 | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common RedshankTringa totanus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Totanus brevipes Vieillot, 1816 Vieillot, 1816 | synonym |
| Heteroscelus brevipes (Vieillot, 1816) (Vieillot, 1816) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)
North America
Oceania
Southern Asia
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=176626 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:58VHV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.