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A medium-sized sandpiper with long wings and tail, relatively short but thick legs, and medium-length straight bill. Uniform gray above, with whitish eyebrow, dark rump and tail, and greenish-yellow legs. Breeding birds have heavily barred underparts. Nonbreeding birds whitish below, with a gray wash on sides and flanks (Gill et al. 2002). Source: Encyclopedia of Life

A tall slender wader with a long straight slender bill, black (male) or brownish (female) upperparts, white underparts, very long red or pink legs and feet, and a white spot above the eye; immatures have buffy edges on the dark feathers of the upperparts. Source: Encyclopedia of Life