The call is harsher than that of the lesser yellowlegs. The greater yellowlegs is similar in appearance to the smaller lesser yellowlegs. A medium-large shorebird, the lesser yellowlegs measures . Migrants include, lesser snow geese, greater and lesser yellowlegs, long-billed dowitchers, and western sandpipers. The lesser yellowlegs ("Tringa flavipes") is a medium-sized shorebird. Marsh birds include lesser yellowlegs, spotted sandpipers, Wilson's snipes, and upland sandpipers.