(species Tringa nebularia), Old World shorebird of the family Scolopacidae (order Charadriiformes). Greenshanks are gray birds with greenish legs ... [1 related articles] Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/69
Green'shank` noun (Zoology) A European sandpiper or snipe ( Totanus canescens ); -- called also greater plover . Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/56
The greenshank (Totanus glottis) is a species of sand-piper often called the whistling snipe from the shrill note it utters when first disturbed. It breeds commonly in the Hebrides and sometimes in northern Scotland and is a visitor to the coasts and marshes of Britain. Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/BGA.HTM
Greyish shorebird of the sandpiper group. It has long olive-green legs and a long, slightly upturned bill, with white underparts and rump and dark grey wings. It breeds in northern Europe and regularly migrates through the Aleutian Islands, southwest of Alaska. (Species Tringa nebularia, family Scolopacidae, order Charadriifo... Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21221