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Long-term BBS trends
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1.83 (0.194 - 3.65)|
Mean abundance (number of birds detected per 5 min. point count) and percentage of squares occupied by region Bird Conservation Regions [abund. plot]
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Atlas Results
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Note: During all years of the Saskatchewan Breeding Bird Atlas drought conditions persisted and the Atlas range maps for all waterfowl, waterbirds, and wetland-associated species should be viewed as characteristic of distribution and abundance during dry conditions. Read the full drought statement here.
Excerpts Adapted from the Birds of Saskatchewan:
The Greater Yellowlegs often inaccessible bog habitat and the difficulty in finding nests explains why there is no record of a Greater Yellowlegs nest in Saskatchewan and extremely few in Alberta and Manitoba. Its breeding range is poorly known, but is thought to be restricted to southern Alaska and a narrow band in the mid-boreal forest from central British Columbia to Newfoundland and Labrador. Its wintering range, however, is extensive, from southwestern British Columbia and Massachusetts to Tierra del Fuego.
In central and northern Saskatchewan the Greater Yellowlegs frequents woodland fens and marshes, muskegs, and ponds, but it can also be found on roadsides far from large bodies of water (Hooper 1992, Gerrard et al. 1996). In migration, it is dispersed along water bodies throughout southern Saskatchewan (Smith 1996).
This is a "common summer resident of the muskegs of the Northern Boreal Region and portions of the Southern Boreal Region ... especially numerous in the vast muskegs of the Buffalo Narrows-Doré Lake region and the Manitoba Lowlands? (Smith 1996). During migration it may be found throughout the province. Occasional non-breeding birds can be found south of the breeding range in midsummer.
Original text by Frank H. Switzer. Text adapted by Daniel J. Sawatzky
Read more about the Greater Yellowlegs in the Birds of Saskatchewan here.
Recommended citation: Latremouille, L. M. 2025. Greater Yellowlegs in Latremouille, L. M., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, C. B. Jardine, D. Lepage, A. R. Couturier, D. Evans, D. Iles, and K. L. Drake (eds.). 2025. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Saskatchewan, 2017-2021. Birds Canada. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan https://sk.birdatlas.ca/accounts/speciesaccount.jsp?sp=GRYE&lang=en [14 Nov 2025]
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