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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, brownest in the summer male, and grayest in winter. The pectoral sandpiper has a grey breast, sharply demarcated at its lower edge, which gives this species its English name; this clear dividing line is ...
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 ...
White-rumped sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis (A) Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos (A) Semipalmated sandpiper, Calidris pusilla (A) Red phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius (A) Common sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos (A) Spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularius (A) Green sandpiper, Tringa ochropus (A) Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria (A)
The least sandpiper is the smallest species of sandpiper The sandpipers exhibit considerable range in size and appearance, the wide range of body forms reflecting a wide range of ecological niches.
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
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.
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These are probably hybrids between the curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) and the sharp-tailed sandpiper (Calidris acuminata). [1] [2] Cox's sandpiper, described as a new species (Calidris paramelanotos) in 1982, [3] is now known to be a stereotyped hybrid between males of the pectoral sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) and female curlew ...