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The sanderling is a small plump sandpiper, 18–20 cm (7.1–7.9 in) in length. Its weight ranges from 40–100 g (1.4–3.5 oz). The winter bird is very pale, almost white apart from a dark shoulder patch.
The western sandpiper (Calidris mauri) is a small shorebird. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris , a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific mauri commemorates Italian botanist Ernesto Mauri (1791–1836).
Western sandpiper, Calidris mauri; Limnodromus Wied-Neuwied, 1833: Short-billed dowitcher, ... (the exception is the sanderling, which lacks a hind toe). [9]
Spoon-billed sandpiper: Calidris pygmaea (Linnaeus, 1758) 86 Buff-breasted sandpiper: Calidris subruficollis (Vieillot, 1819) 87 Sanderling: Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764) 88 Dunlin: Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758) 89 Purple sandpiper: Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764) 90 Rock sandpiper: Calidris ptilocnemis (Coues, 1873) 91 Baird's sandpiper ...
Calidris is a genus of Arctic-breeding, strongly migratory wading birds in the family Scolopacidae.These birds form huge mixed flocks on coasts and estuaries in winter. Migratory shorebirds are shown to have decline in reproductive traits because of temporal changes of their breeding seaso
Curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea (A) Sanderling, Calidris alba; Dunlin, Calidris alpina (R) Purple sandpiper, Calidris maritima (A) Baird's sandpiper, Calidris bairdii; Least sandpiper, Calidris minutilla; White-rumped sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis (A) Buff-breasted sandpiper, Calidris subruficollis (A) Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos
It can be distinguished from the western sandpiper and the semipalmated sandpiper in all plumages by its combination of a fine bill tip, unwebbed toes, and longer primary projection. The breeding adult has an unstreaked orange breast, bordered with dark markings below, and a white V on its back.
The ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) is a small cosmopolitan wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria.. It is now classified in the sandpiper family Scolopacidae but was formerly sometimes placed in the plover family Charadriidae.