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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).
The wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) is a small wader belonging to the sandpiper family Scolopacidae. A Eurasian species , it is the smallest of the shanks , a genus of mid-sized, long-legged waders that largely inhabit freshwater and wetland environments, as opposed to the maritime or coastal habitats of other, similar species.
Sandpipers range in size from the least sandpiper, at as little as 18 grams (0.040 pounds) and 11 cm (4.3 in) in length, to the Far Eastern curlew, at up to 66 cm (26 in) in length, and the Eurasian curlew, at up to 1.3 kg (2.9 lb).
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 ...
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.
Stilt sandpiper, Calidris himantopus; Sanderling, ... Western sandpiper, ... The wood-warblers are a group of small, often colorful, passerine birds restricted to the ...
The wood-warblers are a group of small, often colorful, passerine birds restricted to the New World. Most are arboreal, but some are more terrestrial. Most members of this family are insectivores. Northern waterthrush, Parkesia noveboracensis (A) Prothonotary warbler, Protonotaria citrea (A) American redstart, Setophaga ruticilla (A)
T. totanus on the other hand is closely related to the marsh sandpiper (T. stagnatilis), and closer still to the small wood sandpiper (T. glareola). The ancestors of the latter and the common redshank seem to have diverged around the Miocene-Pliocene boundary, about 5–6 million years ago.