Tattler (bird)

The tattlers are the two very similar bird species in the shorebird genus Tringa. They formerly had their own genus, Heteroscelus. The old genus name means "different leg" in Greek, referring to the leg scales that differentiate the tattlers from their close relatives, the shanks. The species are: * Grey-tailed tattler, Tringa brevipes (formerly Heteroscelus brevipes) * Wandering tattler, Tringa incana (formerly Heteroscelus incanus) Their breeding habitat is stony riverbeds. They nest on the ground, but these waders will perch in trees and sometimes use old nests of other birds.

Tattler (bird)

The tattlers are the two very similar bird species in the shorebird genus Tringa. They formerly had their own genus, Heteroscelus. The old genus name means "different leg" in Greek, referring to the leg scales that differentiate the tattlers from their close relatives, the shanks. The species are: * Grey-tailed tattler, Tringa brevipes (formerly Heteroscelus brevipes) * Wandering tattler, Tringa incana (formerly Heteroscelus incanus) Their breeding habitat is stony riverbeds. They nest on the ground, but these waders will perch in trees and sometimes use old nests of other birds.