---
title: "Perna-amarela-pequeno"
description: "Tringa flavipes — Aves. The lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) is a medium-sized shorebird."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/lesser-yellowlegs
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Perna-amarela-pequeno

> Tringa flavipes — Aves. The lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) is a medium-sized shorebird.

- Scientific name: *Tringa flavipes*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 39579
- Wikidata: [Q28000](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28000)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3893](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3893)

## Names

- en: Lesser Yellowlegs
- de: Kleiner Gelbschenkel
- es: Patamarilla menor
- fr: Chevalier à pattes jaunes
- nl: Kleine geelpootruiter
- pt: Perna-amarela-pequeno
- pl: Brodziec żółtonogi

## Countries with the most observations

US (17209), CA (7193), AR (2791), MX (1953), BR (823), CL (470), CO (225), PR (208), UY (208), PE (207), NI (132), PA (130)

## Summary

The lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) is a medium-sized shorebird. It breeds in the boreal forest region of North America, and winters from the south of North America, to the far south of South America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_yellowlegs

## Photo

![Perna-amarela-pequeno](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lesser-yellowlegs/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/258523018

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lesser-yellowlegs?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).