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Long-term BBS trends
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-2.56 (-4.86 - -0.219)|
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:
This dapper wader is a downsized copy of the Greater Yellowlegs. The Lesser calls with 1 or 2 notes, while the longer-legged Greater calls typically with 3 or 4. This yellowlegs is widespread in the boreal forest of Alaska and western Canada, but in Ontario and Quebec, curiously, it is found only in the Hudson- James Bay lowlands. It winters widely from both coasts of the US south through Central America and the Caribbean to southern South America.
Lesser Yellowlegs nest in wooded bogs, especially following burns that leave behind snags as perches. As a migrant, it may be found almost anywhere there is water, either standing or flowing.
Common summer resident of the subarctic and boreal regions, with probable breeding at Scentgrass Lake and Fosston on the northern edge of the parklands. It is also a fairly common summer visitant and common transient in the south (Smith 1996). The Lesser is noticeably less common than the Greater Yellowlegs near Besnard and Little Gull Lakes (Nero 1963a).
Original text by Frank H. Switzer. Text adapted by Daniel J. Sawatzky
Read more about the Lesser Yellowlegs in the Birds of Saskatchewan here.
Recommended citation: Latremouille, L. M. 2025. Lesser 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=LEYE&lang=en [14 Nov 2025]
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