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This bird looks similar to the widely sympatric sharp-tailed sandpiper ("C." acuminata), which is not a member of the stint clade however. The pectoral sandpiper is a largish calidrid (21 cm (8.3 in) in length, with a wingspan of 46 cm (18 in)) [4] with a grey-brown back
Baird's sandpiper: Calidris bairdii (Coues, 1861) 92 Little stint: Calidris minuta (Leisler, 1812) 93 Least sandpiper: Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819) 94 White-rumped sandpiper: Calidris fuscicollis (Vieillot, 1819) 95 Pectoral sandpiper: Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819) 96 Western sandpiper: Calidris mauri (Cabanis, 1857) 97 ...
They are small to medium-sized birds, measuring 12 to 66 cm (4.7–26.0 in) in length. The bills are sensitive, allowing the birds to feel the mud and sand as they probe for food. They generally have dull plumage , with cryptic brown, grey, or streaked patterns, although some display brighter colours during the breeding season.
Cox's sandpiper is a hybrid between a male pectoral sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) and a female curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea). First discovered in Australia in the 1950s, it was originally described as a species new to science and named after Australian ornithologist John B. Cox. However, it was later found to be a hybrid.
This is a list of the bird species recorded on Saint Helena. ... Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos (A) Semipalmated sandpiper, Calidris pusilla (A)
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
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Only the pectoral sandpiper is a more common American shorebird visitor to Europe. This species nests as far north as Canada including Alaska [ 5 ] on the ground, laying four eggs . The male has a display which includes raising the wings to display the white undersides, which is also given on migration, sometimes when no other buff-breasted ...