Bird
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
A winter visitor to Arkansas, found in all 75 counties and 3 habitats.
- Here
- Winter and on migration
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- All 75 counties
- Habitats
- 3

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- Winter and on migration
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- All 75 counties
- Habitats
- 3
- Habitat models
- Winter
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Arkansas 3
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
Disturbed and introduced wetlands
Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.
Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.
Other habitats in its models (34)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Arkansas.
- Open Water (Brackish/Salt) Winter.
- Open Water (Aquaculture) Winter.
- Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.
- Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune) Winter.
- Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
- Upper Texas Coast Beach Winter.
- Texas Coastal Bend Beach Winter.
- East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
- East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh Winter.
- Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Winter.
- Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Winter.
- South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Winter.
- Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Tidal Marsh Systems Winter.
- Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Winter.
- Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Winter.
- Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland Winter.
- South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Winter.
- Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Winter.
- South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
- South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
- Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Winter.
Seasons in Arkansas
- Migratory: does not nest here, in all 75 counties.
- Winter: does not nest here, in 2 of 75 counties.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 172
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
- Maritime BluestemAndropogon tenuispatheus
- Giant CaneArundinaria gigantea
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- River BirchBetula nigra
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- White-edge SedgeCarex debilis
- Bladder SedgeCarex intumescens
- Cypress-swamp SedgeCarex joorii
- American HornbeamCarpinus caroliniana
- SugarberryCeltis laevigata
- ButtonbushCephalanthus occidentalis
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- Slender SpikegrassChasmanthium laxum
- Green AshFraxinus pennsylvanica
- White CutgrassLeersia virginica
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Loblolly PinePinus taeda
- American SycamorePlatanus occidentalis
- Laurel OakQuercus laurifolia
- Overcup OakQuercus lyrata
- Swamp Chestnut OakQuercus michauxii
- Water OakQuercus nigra
- Cherrybark OakQuercus pagoda
- Willow OakQuercus phellos
Wildlife 216
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Arkansas. Not sighting records.
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- American WigeonAnas americana
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Bell's VireoVireo bellii
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP winter habitat model for Lesser Yellowlegs Elevation 0 to 3,800 m
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)













































