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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).
Sandpipers have long bodies and legs, and narrow wings. Most species have a narrow bill, but the form and length are variable. 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.
Baird's sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) is a small shorebird. It is among those calidrids which were formerly included in the genus Erolia , which was subsumed into the genus Calidris in 1973. [ 2 ] The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris , a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds.
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 ...
Juvenile birds have a pale brown head and pale fringes to the upperpart feathers creating a scaly impression. [6] Birds of the subspecies morinella are smaller with darker upperparts and less streaking on the crown. [6] The ruddy turnstone has a staccato, rattling call and also a chattering alarm-call which is mainly given during the breeding ...
The broad-billed sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus) is a small wading bird. The scientific name is from Latin. The specific name falcinellus is from falx, falcis, "a sickle." [2] Some research suggests that it and some related species could be placed into a separate genus, Philomachus, not presently recognized as valid. [3]
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.