Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The white-rumped sandpiper is a relatively small bird measuring only 7.8 in (20 cm). [2] The top of its body is a dull grey-brown color and it has a white eye stripe. Its beak is of medium length, thin and dark, and its legs are very dark.
The white wing band is distinctive in flight, both above and below. The willet is an inelegant and heavily built shorebird with a structure similar to that of the common redshank but being larger in size than the greater yellowlegs while resembling a godwit in flight with black primary coverts and primaries contrasting with a broad white band, white secondaries with a white rump and gray tail ...
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 ...
Different lengths of bills enable multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food. Sandpipers have long bodies and legs, and narrow wings. Most species have a narrow bill, but the form and length are variable.
Stilt sandpiper Calidris himantopus (A) Sanderling Calidris alba; Baird's sandpiper Calidris bairdii (A) Least sandpiper Calidris minutilla; White-rumped sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis (A) Buff-breasted sandpiper, Calidris subruficollis; Pectoral sandpiper Calidris melanotos (A) Semipalmated sandpiper Calidris pusilla (A) Western sandpiper ...
Baird's sandpiper, Calidris bairdii (O) Least sandpiper, Calidris minutilla; White-rumped sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis; Buff-breasted sandpiper, Calidris subruficollis (O) Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos (R) Semipalmated sandpiper, Calidris pusilla; Western sandpiper, Calidris mauri (R) Short-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus
It is a small sandpiper, 15–18 cm (5.9-7.1 in) long and weighing around 18-51.5 g (0.6-1.8 oz). [3] Wingspan ranges from 13.8 to 14.6 in (35-37 cm). [4] Adults have black legs and a short, stout, straight dark bill. The body is dark grey-brown on top and white underneath. The head and neck are tinged light grey-brown.
Stilt sandpiper, Calidris himantopus (A) Curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea (A) Sanderling, Calidris alba; Dunlin, Calidris alpina (A) Baird's sandpiper, Calidris bairdii (A) Little stint, Calidris minuta (A) Least sandpiper, Calidris minutilla; White-rumped sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis (A) Buff-breasted sandpiper, Calidris subruficollis (A)